Scholars begin to try to make sense of the vexed year 2020, in this study: “Frozen Meat Against COVID-19 Misinformation: An Analysis of Steak-Umm and Positive Expectancy Violations,” Ekaterina Bogomoletc, Nicole M. Lee, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, epub 2020. (Thanks to Faye Flam for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at North […]
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Ig Nobel Medical Education Prize Winner Continues His Lesson
One of the nine co-winners of the 2020 Ig Nobel Prize for Medical Education is in news headlines worldwide today, for his personal experimentation with the Covid-19 virus. Here is the certificate awarded to that winner at the 30th First Annual Ig Nobel ceremony on September 17. The certificate is signed, as per tradition, by […]
A nice song about a not-nice virus
A song for the here and now: “Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and his wife, Diane Baker, can’t do their usual volunteering at Camp Fantastic, where children with cancer spend a week together in a camp setting, but with the necessary medical support.” Dr. Carrie Wolinetz wrote the lyrics. The […]
Ministerial Exploration: Ozone Up the Rectum in Brazil
The pandemic is inspiring a few individuals to new depths of innovation. The English translation of this headline is: “Minister of Health meets with supporters of ozone use in the rectum against covid-19“. The August 5, 2020 news report appears in the Brazilian magazine CartaCapital: The article begins by saying: “The interim Minister of Health, […]