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Category Archives: science
Debunking Anti-Vaxxers
Posted in Health Care, science, Trump, Uncategorized, vaccines
Tagged anti-vaxxers, myths
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Anti-science Movements
In My Opinion in the Riverhead LOCAL “Anti-vaxxers embody the dangers of the growing anti-science movements” By David N. Posnett, MD Dec 31, 2019, 5:42 am The HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine, Gardasil, is the subject of two bills … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, science, Uncategorized
Tagged anti-science, conspiracy, gardasil, measles, papilloma virus, polio, small pox, theories, vaccines
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Attacks on Science
From Jenny Mulligan: Attacks on Science The Trump administration and 115th Congress have been actively dismantling science-based health and safety protections, sidelining scientific evidence, and undoing recent progress on scientific integrity. We’ve seen this movie before. And we know how to … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, science, Uncategorized, vaccines
Tagged science, scientists, suppression, truth
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“Thank you for caring.” The benefits of changing your mind about climate.
Thank You for Caring. Her clear, youthful voice floated up to the trees above us. Sincere words of a college freshman, Ashley Ambrocio, who had stepped up to the mic, smiling, soft brown curls escaping her pulled back hair. It … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, economy, Environment, Paris Climate Accord, science, sustainable energy
Tagged DrawdownEastEnd, ProjectDrawdown
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Happy Valentine’s Day, Dear Earth, #LoveOurPlanetNotPollution
Some of us have been meeting at the Southampton library to discuss ways we can scale up existing efforts that draw down carbon from the atmosphere, based on the top 100 solutions outlined in the New York Times bestseller Drawdown: … Continue reading
Posted in Air Pollution, climate change, Congress, economy, long island, Paris Climate Accord, science, sustainable energy, wind energy, Zeldin
Tagged Environment, Politics, science
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Greta Thunberg: 16-year-old star speaker in Davos
Take a look at a 16 year old lecturing the leaders of the world! Impressive. Our house is on fire! On TED! On ScientistsWarning.Org?
Posted in climate change, Environment, Paris Climate Accord, science, Uncategorized
Tagged Davos, global warming, Greta Thunberg
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Stricter Gun Laws Can Reduce Deaths
Proud to be a Cornell Alumnus! These are my medical students! As published in the latest issue of Weill Cornell Medicine: and found under the title “Weill Cornell Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Medical College Renaming”, scroll down to “Stricter Gun … Continue reading
Posted in Guns, Health Care, science, Trump, Uncategorized, Zeldin
Tagged control, firearms, gun, homicide, public health, suicide, violence
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Medical Billing Obfuscation versus Vaccines
I am one of those guys who never goes to see a doctor! But in 2016 I became a grandfather. The pediatrician of the newborn child warned the parents that everyone in contact with the child needed to have received … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, Health Care, Medicaid, medicare, science, trumpcare, Uncategorized, Zeldin
Tagged flu, flu shot, immunisation, tetanus shot, vaccination, vaccines
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Talk is Cheap Mr. Zeldin
From James Ewing: A reminder of where Lee Zeldin stands on the environment. The Scorecard as per the League of Conservation Voters. To get the specifics on each vote go their website and click on the “vote name”: http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/lee-zeldin Green … Continue reading
Posted in Air Pollution, climate change, Environment, EPA, long island, National Parks & Monuments, Offshore Drilling, Paris Climate Accord, science, Trump, Uncategorized, water quality, wind energy, Zeldin
Tagged conservation, Environment, league, record, voting, Zeldin
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Trump Spurns Nobel Prize Winners—and the Feeling Is Mutual
Published in Daily Kos November 13 By Mark Sumner In a White House as radically anti-science as this one, it’s no surprise that scientists are being denied the usual honors. President Trump, breaking a tradition that stretches back nearly two decades, … Continue reading
Posted in science, Trump
Tagged Nobel Prize, science, Trump
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