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SkepticalRaptor's Profile
Progressive. Pro-science. Baseball and hockey lover. Supporter of science based healthcare, opposed to woo wherever it occurs. Native Californian. Educated in New York. Writer. Scoundrel. Jackass.
Occupation: Writer, scientist, wanderer
Groups: SciTech
Twitter: @skepticalraptor
Diaries published: 350 (492 days since last diary on Wed Aug 03, 2022 at 01:34 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 1297 (492 days since last comment on Wed Aug 03, 2022 at 01:34 PM PDT)
Diary frequency: frequent
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 4949
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Most Recommended Diary: Oprah is a science denier – that's a problem for me, 1206 comments, 399 recommends
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There's a lot of information on various news sites about the effectiveness of the monkeypox vaccine. They often claim it's 80% or higher. Unfortunately, I accepted those numbers as a "scientific fact," so I decided to dig into what supported the claims...
by SkepticalRaptor
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on Wed Aug 03, 2022 at 01:34 PM PDT
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I get so tired of people who science is nothing more than a belief, rather than a method to understand facts about the natural universe. I don't believe in vaccines. I don't believe in evolution. I don't believe in climate change. In each of those...
by SkepticalRaptor
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on Tue Jul 19, 2022 at 02:12 PM PDT
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CDC research claims that COVID-19 vaccines were estimated to have prevented 27 million infections, 1.6 million hospitalizations, and 235,000 deaths among U.S. adults, from December 2020 through September 2021. This is overwhelming evidence in support...
by SkepticalRaptor
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on Sun Jul 10, 2022 at 01:21 PM PDT
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With the recent Supreme Court decision allowing states to ban abortion, some of those states are going to make it a criminal act to seek an abortion, even if it is outside of their home state. If they are going to make a criminal out of a woman seeking...
by SkepticalRaptor
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on Tue Jul 05, 2022 at 01:36 PM PDT
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has just claimed that COVID-19 vaccines contain aborted fetal cells. I can't believe I have to write this again, but no aborted fetus cells are found in any COVID-19 vaccines. None. Nada. Nichts. I can't believe...
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on Thu Jun 30, 2022 at 03:01 PM PDT
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I am going to write about something that has never been an interest of mine, but abortion drugs moved into my line of sight since the US Supreme Court decided to set aside 50 years of precedent and overturn Roe v Wade. Some states, especially what we...
by SkepticalRaptor
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on Mon Jun 27, 2022 at 02:08 PM PDT
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