Sensationalist Science Podcast

This episode, Gid and his special guest Dr. Kyle Sheldrick talk ivermectin, covid-19, and why the evidence-base for the anti-parasitic medication really isn't very good when it comes to the dread disease.

Studies cited:

Elgazzar - https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-100956/v4

Niaee - https://www.apjtm.org/article.asp?issn=1995-7645;year=2021;volume=14;issue=6;spage=266;epage=273;aulast=Shakhsi

Samaha - https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/6/989

Bryant (meta-analysis) - https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/fulltext/2021/08000/ivermectin_for_prevention_and_treatment_of.7.aspx

This week Gid talks to the brilliant Dr. Angie Rasmussen about PCR tests, COVID-19, false positives, and why the idea of a casedemic is, in a word, bullshit

This week Gid chats to Dr. Bill Hanage about COVID-19 vaccines, how we know that they haven't been rushed, whether they are safe, and what the future looks like for us all.

This week Gid takes a look at headlines about eggs and diabetes, and why you don't need to give up your morning scramble just yet.

Gid talks autism, epidurals, and why the latest headlines probably aren't a good guide for your childbirth experience with two special guests - Drs Dolores McKeen and Valerie Zaphiratos, both obstetric anaesthesiologists

Link to the resources we discuss - https://www.cas.ca/en/home

This week Gid looks at the claim that eyeglasses (or corrective glasses) can prevent COVID-19, the bad science behind the headlines, and how the media got it all so wrong

The study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2770872

This week, Gid tackles a contentious issues of the last few years - using testosterone to define who is 'female' enough to compete in women's sport. He talks about Caster Semenya, and the bad science that has driven much of the regulatory response to intersex athletes in women's sport

The study mentioned: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2190741/

This week Gid takes a look at the predictive models for coronavirus with a special guest - professor Sally Cripps. We look at why the models were wrong, how wrong they were, and what you can do to keep yourself informed.

This week Gid looks at a pressing question - what is the fatality rate of COVID-19, what does this number mean, and how have the media misinterpreted the changes over time?

Systematic review cited in the pod: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.03.20089854v3

This week Gid takes on listener questions about coronavirus, from what the case-fatality rate might be to why we're really trying to flatten the curve