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  1. @TheSkeptic
    Would love to see a similar article that explains how science had SARS-CoV-2 as "not airborne" and N95 masks as "not working" when Covid started and for years (?) afterwards.

    While the deaths and injuries that CAMs cause are regretable, they don't number in the hundreds of millions as the deaths and injuries caused by Covid do.

    #Covid #CochraneReviewOfMasking #itsairborne

  2. "One of my biggest pet peeves is when people use #science that they don't understand to try to justify their stupidity and hate."
    -- Forrest Valkaiz

    #quote #TheSkepticsGuide

  3. Gen Z don't really think they're psychic – at least no more so than their elders | Michael Marshall

    skeptic.org.uk/2026/05/gen-z-d

  4. The ‘Quiet Revival’ in British religiosity was only ever a statistical mirage

    The much-heralded 'Quiet Revival' report on British youth religiosity has been withdrawn after its data was found to be fraudulent.

    skeptic.org.uk/2026/05/the-qui

    #BadPR #Religion

  5. The ‘Quiet Revival’ in British religiosity was only ever a statistical mirage

    The much-heralded 'Quiet Revival' report on British youth religiosity has been withdrawn after its data was found to be fraudulent.

    skeptic.org.uk/2026/05/the-qui

    #BadPR #Religion

  6. The ‘Quiet Revival’ in British religiosity was only ever a statistical mirage

    The much-heralded 'Quiet Revival' report on British youth religiosity has been withdrawn after its data was found to be fraudulent.

    skeptic.org.uk/2026/05/the-qui

    #BadPR #Religion

  7. The ‘Quiet Revival’ in British religiosity was only ever a statistical mirage

    The much-heralded 'Quiet Revival' report on British youth religiosity has been withdrawn after its data was found to be fraudulent.

    skeptic.org.uk/2026/05/the-qui

  8. The ‘Quiet Revival’ in British religiosity was only ever a statistical mirage

    The much-heralded 'Quiet Revival' report on British youth religiosity has been withdrawn after its data was found to be fraudulent.

    skeptic.org.uk/2026/05/the-qui

    #BadPR #Religion

  9. From the archives: Quackupuncture – A question of medical ethics 

    From the archive in 1992, HB Gibson looks at the rise and fall - and rise again - of medical acupuncture in Western society.

    skeptic.org.uk/2026/04/from-th

    #Acupuncture #Archive

  10. Rights over regulation? The moral case against legalised snake oil

    Whenever the regulation of pseudoscience is raised, we can reliably expect to hear the same objections – none of which justifies deceiving vulnerable people

    skeptic.org.uk/2026/03/rights-

    #AlternativeMedicine #Philosophy

  11. Controversy over Afro-Brazilian practices exposes the Brazilian alt-med glass ceiling

    Afro-Brazilian healing traditions are rightfully omitted from Brazilian healthcare systems - and other pseudoscientific treatments should be, too.

    skeptic.org.uk/2026/01/controv

    #AlternativeMedicine

  12. Why I don’t believe in… Bigfoot

    Bigfoot may be the most enduring pop culture cryptid, but its appeal owes more to folklore, hoaxes and the will to believe than any reliable evidence

    skeptic.org.uk/2025/12/why-i-d

    #Cryptozoology

  13. Fake products, fake doctors, fake testimonials – the unchecked menace of online ads

    A herbal patch claimed to be as good as Ozempic but it was a scam served up by an online advertising system optimised around fakery.

    skeptic.org.uk/2025/12/fake-pr

    #BadPR #Technology

  14. Fake products, fake doctors, fake testimonials – the unchecked menace of online ads

    A herbal patch claimed to be as good as Ozempic but it was a scam served up by an online advertising system optimised around fakery.

    skeptic.org.uk/2025/12/fake-pr

    #BadPR #Technology

  15. Fake products, fake doctors, fake testimonials – the unchecked menace of online ads

    A herbal patch claimed to be as good as Ozempic but it was a scam served up by an online advertising system optimised around fakery.

    skeptic.org.uk/2025/12/fake-pr

    #BadPR #Technology