Episode 36: Bad Science with Maneesh Yadav

Maneesh Yadav has a PhD in…SCIENCE! Chemistry, to be precise, and his favorite molecule is porphine. Is that enough expertise to guide Nina through the morass of COVID misinformation confronting her online? From Tamiflu and arsenic life, to calling women “bodies with vaginas”, the Dorx explore why science journals and institutions have lost so much credibility in recent years.

Links:

Tamiflu
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4375804/

Arsenic Life
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/cosmic-log/arsenic-life-debate-still-percolates-flna6C10402703

Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (Adam Curtis)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13973190/