EPISODE · Aug 7, 2021 · 1H 7M
TheESP – Ep. #286 – What Happened to Measles?
from The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP
In this episode we first chat about the Pegasus project and what implications it might have. We also note that the Russian Nauka module was a little trigger happy when joining with the ISS, turning it around 45 degrees for no good reason. In This Week we salute Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, the excellent science communicator before we have a well-needed Covid-19 update. Then we dig into the news:- Measles follow-up: what became the 2016-2019 epidemic?- Covid-denier‘s Hungarian Chamber of Doctors’ membership suspended- Social media giants criticized for being a ‘safe space for racists’- Massive melting event in Greenland- 14000 scientists warn world about ‘untold suffering’ as result of ignoring climate change- German court faults Facebook‘s past handling of hate speech- Systemic Agro-Homeopathy – the latest craze -86-year-old Basque woman first to get assisted death in SpainTo round off, we hand out a Really Wrong award to Advanz Pharma and a Really Right award to the CMA, all concerning unreasonable pricing of medication.Enjoy!The Events Calendar: https://theesp.eu/events_in_europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this episode we first chat about the Pegasus project and what implications it might have. We also note that the Russian Nauka module was a little trigger happy when joining with the ISS, turning it around 45 degrees for no good reason. In This Week we salute Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, the excellent science communicator before we have a well-needed Covid-19 update. Then we dig into the news:- Measles follow-up: what became the 2016-2019 epidemic?- Covid-denier‘s Hungarian Chamber of Doctors’ membership suspended- Social media giants criticized for being a ‘safe space for racists’- Massive melting event in Greenland- 14000 scientists warn world about ‘untold suffering’ as result of ignoring climate change- German court faults Facebook‘s past handling of hate speech- Systemic Agro-Homeopathy – the latest craze -86-year-old Basque woman first to get assisted death in SpainTo round off, we hand out a Really Wrong award to Advanz Pharma and a Really Right award to the CMA, all concerning unreasonable pricing of medication.Enjoy!The Events Calendar: https://theesp.eu/events_in_europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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