How to create effective public health propaganda: A handy guide from Johns Hopkins
Two years before Event 201, the good folks at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security created a training document titled ‘The SPARS Pandemic, 2025-2028: A Futuristic Scenario for Public Health Risk Communicators’. Is it propaganda? Is it a propaganda training manual? Is it predictive programming? Join me in this in-depth exploration of the document, and decide for yourself.
Why New Year’s resolutions fail… and what to do instead, for better health and greater happiness
There’s a subtle trap that we unwittingly set for ourselves whenever we formulate a goal. Understanding the nature of this trap is the key to making changes that really stick.
WHO’s plan to vaccinate the world
21 December 2020 I normally write articles rather than do videos but when I started writing about the subject I wanted to cover this week I quickly realised that it lends itself far more to video format, as you’ll soon see. Please make use of the extensive list of sources below the video, and let…
Meet the criminal corporations developing COVID-19 vaccines
A recent article details the criminal activity of pharmaceutical companies, including those involved in the race to develop COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccines: Magic bullets or mirages?
Medical experts are raising pointed questions about the reported ‘effectiveness’ rates of COVID-19 vaccines.
When Two Pandemics Collide: How obesity affects COVID-19
A new research article explains why obesity increases the risk of serious, and even fatal, outcomes of infection with the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.
Living sicker for longer
The latest instalment of the Global Burden of Disease Study shows Australians are living longer lives but in poorer health
A reader’s response to ‘5 reasons to think twice before taking an antidepressant’
A reader shares her inspiring recovery from deep depression – and how she freed herself from psychiatric medications.
Nutritional self-defence against COVID-19
Nutrition research has revealed some surprising allies in our immune system’s battle against viruses including SARS-CoV-2.
The surprising – and disturbing – effects of paracetamol on your mind
Research on the effects of Australia’s most widely-taken pain relieving drug on our thoughts, emotions and perceptions has uncovered some disturbing findings.