Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
To answer the question in the title we can of course speculate, offer an opinion, or even try a straw poll or our own. None of that is necessary now because, on March 31, 2022, Pew published a poll that gives us a fascinating insight. The title gives the game away, it is “Americans skeptical … Read more
Health Care Sharing Ministries masquerade as health insurance providers. They are not. They have no legal obligation to pay any claims.
Would a reputable pharmacist sell you sugar pills or sugar water and claim that it would magically cure you? If you discovered that, you would quite rightly scream “fraud”. It could never actually happen … right? Wrong. This is a very regular occurrence, not just in Canada, but globally. I’ll come to the CBC story … Read more
Homeopathy is not a variation of a herbal cure, it is something else. The remedies used are some of the most bizarre concoctions imaginable.
The latest fake COVID cure being touted by the right-wing is Ivermectin. Almost every credible medic is strongly advising – don’t use this.
Are you at risk of becoming a victim of popular scams? What can you do to help protect yourself from this happening to you?