Yes, I’m on Twitter- alandove: Mine get rejected for lack of adequate controls. RT @noahWG My thought experiments rarely yield anything publishable.
- alandove: Whoever's behind the @FakeElsevier tweets is friggin' brilliant. And no, it's not me.
- alandove: A case of scientific censorship that doesn't involve #H5N1: http://t.co/MRx664EW Mining industry vs. NCI and NIOSH.
- alandove: @_colm_ @profvrr @newprof1 Indeed. What good could come of studying deadly microbes, after all?
- alandove: RT @chrislhayes: So, GOP votes against Violence Against Women act, for transvaginal ultrasounds and has an all male hearing on birth con ...
- alandove: Science is sexy, but not like that. @Ananyo Hum. istock thinks this is what a young female scientist looks like http://t.co/mM9KnKX6
- alandove: Blog post: Exploring the Sourdoughome. http://t.co/70vxEEar
- alandove: @easternblot Zhang @ Michigan or some such? Maybe they recently changed their address scheme and a student was just first in line at time.
- alandove: RT @Etche_homo: MT @Etche_homo Heartland buys anti-climate change "scientists" for $300K: p13 of http://t.co/im95AkoM #deniergate
- alandove: I have a "Drafts" folder? How much effort am I supposed to put into these 140-character messages?
Tag Archives: biodefense
Some Unsolicited Debate Coaching for Tonight’s Speakers
The New York Academy of Sciences is hosting a panel discussion tonight about H5N1 influenza, “dual-use” research, and scientific censorship. Of course this stems from the ongoing debate about the alleged development of mammal-adapted H5N1 strains (see my earlier summaries … Continue reading
Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Bioterrorist?
The recent dustup about The H5N1 Bird Flu Plague That Will Kill Us All (not) has brought the topic of “bioterrorism” into the media spotlight again. This is an issue I’ve been following for several years, and during that time … Continue reading
The Day the Science Died
This afternoon, a coalition of influenza virologists released a statement saying that they are voluntarily suspending research on H5N1 “bird flu” for 60 days. This was in response to the Category 5 hype storm that has accompanied the publication of … Continue reading
The Biodefense-Industrial Complex vs. Science
I was revving up to post a long rant about the censorship of a new paper on H5N1 influenza, but my friend and TWiV co-host Vincent Racaniello beat me to it. I do, however, have a couple of things to … Continue reading
Friendly Fire in the War on Bioterror
Today’s New York Times brings a sobering story:
A 2-year-old boy spent seven weeks in the hospital and nearly died from a viral infection he got from the smallpox vaccination his father received before shipping out to Iraq, according to a government report and the doctors who treated him.
The boy, who lives in Indiana and has recovered, became ill in early March, two weeks after his father’s deployment was delayed and he was allowed to make a trip home. Over the next few weeks, the boy suffered kidney failure and lost most of his skin to the disease, eczema vaccinatum.
By my count, “bioterrorism” has killed somewhere around six Americans. How many have been killed and maimed by the multi-billion-dollar-and-mushrooming “biodefense” response? Continue reading