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Re-visiting HART'S "Virus Model" Statement from 2023....
...and what I currently believe about 2020 and pandemics in general.
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More on the nocebo effect...
So much is known about it, but nobody is willing to join the dots.
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Further evidence of the power of the nocebo effect.
By way of introduction:
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"Evidence-Based Medicine: Why it’s important and why it's controversial" - Tom Jefferson and Carl Heneghan interviewed by Lucy Johnston
IMO: a curate's egg.
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The placebo effect - becoming "more elusive and out of control"
The other day I wrote an article sharing some thoughts about nocebo and placebo effects:
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Thoughts on placebo and nocebo effects.
Nocebo effects are hugely under-appreciated.
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False positive PCR-driven pseudo-epidemics are nothing new - they happen all the time.
There are questions to be asked about the 2003 SARS "pandemic" as well.
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The "disappearing flu" trope is important for the pandemic narrative. How robust is the story?
Spoiler alert: not very.
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People can get ill just because they expect to become ill.
Another fascinating example of the nocebo effect in action.
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Did the "nocebo" effect play a huge role in the events of the past few years?
People can get ill just because they expect to become ill.
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