Obrigado.

I once started a Facebook page called “Circumcision Circus.” The aim was to “normalize” uncircumcised men in the US. Holy crap, did it ever get out of hand. The “intactivists” showed up in droves, trying to take it over with bogus “scientific” claims about the “benefits” of not being circumcised. Then the other side…

There’s a good episode of the SETI Radio show that debunks all this. There’s a sucker born a minute, I guess.

No, we’re not all in this together.

“It’s like trying to clean peanut butter off a shag carpet with a mop.” - Dan Lebatard

On the plus side, if you do get hookworms, you get relief from your allergies.

Note that he wrote “full stop” and then didn’t fully stop.

You must be so much fun at parties.

Our sun will never go supernova. Please try again.

I’m a stickler for terminology... Bacteria are while bacterium is.

The longest of all cons?

Del Bigtree (yeah, that’s his real name) used to be a producer with The Doctors. He has since moved on to make all sorts of online videos and other social media about the “dangers” of vaccines. He’s compared autistic children to pets and other animals. And he’s chased politicians around to ask nonsensical questions…

Teenagers scare the living sh*t out of me.

I’m from México, too. I don’t know Catholics. Weird, huh?

From the perspective of an infectious disease epidemiologist, I like FluNearYou better.

As an epidemiologist, I’m counting on it. ;-)

Thoughts and prayers for your butthurt.

You have to look at these statistics in the context of your own case. Many people who get these surgeries are in advanced age, so even the 10-year survival rate looks bad (around 16% are dead in ten years). But think of it this way...

Thank you for not writing “just 36% effective,” like some news outlets are doing. “Just” denotes that it’s not good enough, or that it’s not worth it. I’ll take a 1% effective vaccine over no vaccine any day of the week, including Fridays.

Funny how some people will take 0% vs 10%, right? That Nirvana Fallacy is strong.