Back to the Science with Dr Susan Oliver

A recent study out of Singapore, which was published in NEJM, shows unequivocally that Covid vaccines benefit children aged 5 to 11, and yet, Dr John Campbell has managed to spin it to falsely suggest that it shows the opposite. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog show why Dr Campbell is wrong and how he has gone beyond comparing apples with oranges to comparing apples with dinosaurs. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Links to data: Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Vaccine against Omicron in Children 5 to 11 Years of Age https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2203209 HSA’s COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Update #11 (30 December 2020 – 28 February 2022) https://www.hsa.gov.sg/Docs/Default-Source/Hprg-Vcb/Safety-Update-On-Covid19-Vaccines/Hsa-Safety-Update-No-11-On-Covid-19-Vaccines-(28-February-2022).Pdf Post–COVID-19 Conditions Among Children 90 Days After SARS-CoV-2 Infection https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2794484 Long-COVID in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analyses https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-13495-5 US Deaths by Age Group https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics US Deaths by Age Group – data broken down by year or month https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge

A number of people, including Kevin B liar.com and Dr John Campbell, are spreading misinformation falsely claiming that COVID vaccines are associated with excess deaths. Some are doing this directly, and some are doing it indirectly. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog show how the data actually says the opposite and look at possible explanations that are supported by the data. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Other videos looking at excess death disinformation: Deceptive athlete death claims from Pierre Kory and Goodsciencing https://youtu.be/IY8BPiyXWVU Excess deaths statistics misinformation on Dr John Campbell’s channel https://youtu.be/lRzKxICjOUw Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:35 Deaths by vaccination status 6:05 ONS data misrepresentation 9:05 Post COVID cardiovascular complications 12:56 Overwhelmed NHS Links to data: Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 26 August 2022 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest Monthly mortality analysis, England and Wales: July 2022 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/monthlymortalityanalysisenglandandwales/latest Long-term cardiovascular outcomes of COVID-19 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01689-3 Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortality https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/3/168 NHS backlog data analysis https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/nhs-delivery-and-workforce/pressures/nhs-backlog-data-analysis Excess mortality in England (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities) https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiYmUwNmFhMjYtNGZhYS00NDk2LWFlMTAtOTg0OGNhNmFiNGM0IiwidCI6ImVlNGUxNDk5LTRhMzUtNGIyZS1hZDQ3LTVmM2NmOWRlODY2NiIsImMiOjh9 Deaths by vaccination status, England https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsbyvaccinationstatusengland Post–COVID-19 Symptoms and Conditions Among Children and Adolescents — United States, March 1, 2020–January 31, 2022 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7131a3.htm?s_cid=mm7131a3_w

Antivaxxers are now claiming that the COVID vaccine is causing an increase in young women having heart attacks. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog explain why, as usual, they haven’t done their due diligence and are just plain wrong. They also cover the symptoms of heart attack that everyone should look out for, regardless of sex or age. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie You may also be interested in the following videos: Grifters misrepresent excess deaths in vaccine disinformation campaign https://youtu.be/pWNqinR1QdU Deceptive athlete death claims from Pierre Kory and Goodsciencing https://youtu.be/IY8BPiyXWVU Links to data: Young women and heart attacks – More antivaxxer misinformation https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/heart-attack-symptoms-more-younger-27992138 Heart Attacks Striking Younger Women https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/heart-attack/heart-attacks-striking-younger-women Twenty Year Trends and Sex Differences in Young Adults Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.037137

YouTube continues to profit from videos spreading anti-vaccine misinformation whilst simultaneously removing videos that attempt to combat the misinformation. This is one of many videos that have been removed by YouTube. In the meantime, grifters like Dr John Campbell and Dr Aseem Malhotra continue to misrepresent excess death statistics to falsely claim they are associated with vaccines. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog look at new data from Singapore and Australia that provides more evidence that vaccines are not involved but COVID-19 probably is. Buy me a coffee (or Cindy a treat) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Videos mentioned: Grifters misrepresent excess deaths in vaccine disinformation campaign https://youtu.be/pWNqinR1QdU Deceptive athlete death claims from Pierre Kory and Goodsciencing https://youtu.be/IY8BPiyXWVU Dr Aseem Malhotra's BOGUS paper in an IRRELEVANT journal (Why it’s WRONG) https://youtu.be/v5dUuYovmNU Links to data: Our world in data – Covid-19 Deaths https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths Singapore report on excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic up to June 2022 https://www.moh.gov.sg/docs/librariesprovider5/resources-statistics/reports/report-on-excess-mortality-during-the-covid-pandemic-18sep2022.pdf Australian Bureau of Statistics Provisional Mortality Statistics https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/causes-death/provisional-mortality-statistics/jan-jun-2022 Australian Bureau of Statistics Causes of Death, Australia https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/causes-death/causes-death-australia/2021 Hospital-treated infections in early- and mid-life and risk of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A nationwide nested case-control study in Sweden https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004092 Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease Following Influenza Vaccination: A Claims-Based Cohort Study Using Propensity Score Matching https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad220361 Association of COVID-19 with New-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad220717 Long-term neurologic outcomes of COVID-19 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02001-z TGA COVID-19 vaccine safety report https://www.tga.gov.au/news/covid-19-vaccine-safety-reports/covid-19-vaccine-safety-report-23-09-2022

Many people use logical fallacies in arguments. This is particularly common on social media. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog will be discussing two of these fallacies, the base rate fallacy and Simpson’s paradox. If you see anyone using these fallacies, please share this video with them. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Logical fallacies playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV1WqH0isjRxF4hiVlkEWc2NJ22WZrOxJ Links to data: On Simpson's Paradox and the Sure-Thing Principle https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01621459.1972.10482387 USA Vaccination by age https://usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-states/ How do death rates from COVID-19 differ between people who are vaccinated and those who are not? https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths-by-vaccination

This video covers in vitro and clinical trial evidence for Ivermectin as a potential treatment for Covid-19. The evidence does not support its use at the moment, and that is supported by the video. So why did YouTube ban this video? Links to studies: The FDA-approved drug ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104787 Ivermectin as a potential COVID-19 treatment from the pharmacokinetic point of view: antiviral levels are not likely attainable with known dosing regimens https://doi.org/10.1080/13102818.2020.1775118 Chloroquine does not inhibit infection of human lung cells with SARS-CoV-2 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2575-3 Moxidectin and ivermectin inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication in Vero E6 cells but not in human primary airway epithelium cells http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/06/21/2021.05.17.444467.abstract Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID‐19 - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews https://doi.org//10.1002/14651858.CD015017.pub2 Ivermectin to prevent hospitalizations in patients with COVID-19 (IVERCOR-COVID19) a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06348-5

There's been quite a bit of buzz lately about a new paper by Dr Aseem Malhotra, which was published in the Journal of Insulin Resistance, that he says was published after a rigorous and long peer review process and is perhaps the most important work of his career so far with implications for every human being on the planet. He has been extensively promoting the paper at antivax conferences and on some TV shows, falsely claiming that it shows a link between vaccines and cardiac arrests. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog go back to the science and show that the paper misrepresents the studies it cites and ignores most of the literature. They also demonstrate that it shouldn’t have passed peer review. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Previous debunks of references cited: Issues with Abstract 10712 https://www.clinical-science-nerd.de/post/no-mrna-vaccines-for-covid-19-do-not-dramatically-increase-the-risk-for-heart-attacks https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/11/24/how-antivaxxers-weaponized-an-abstract-by-a-goop-doctor-against-covid-19-vaccines/ Links to data: Curing the pandemic of misinformation on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines through real evidence-based medicine - Part 1 https://insulinresistance.org/index.php/jir/article/view/71/221 Design of Antimicrobial Polymers https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/macp.202200226 Implausible discussions in saturated fat ‘research’; definitive solutions won’t come from another million editorials (or a million views of one) https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/53/24/1512 Saturated fat does not clog the arteries: coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, the risk of which can be effectively reduced from healthy lifestyle interventions https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/15/1111 Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2034577 Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine through 6 Months https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NeJMoa2110345 Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Setting https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2110475 Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, and Pulmonary Embolism After BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in People Aged 75 Years or Older https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2786667 Association Between Vaccination and Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke After COVID-19 Infection https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2794753 FDA Clinical review of BNT162b2 https://www.fda.gov/media/152256/download Increased emergency cardiovascular events among under-40 population in Israel during vaccine rollout and third COVID-19 wave https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10928-z

A number of antivaxxers, including Dr Jordan B Peterson and Toby Young, are claiming that a non-peer reviewed preprint co-authored by BMJ editor, Peter Doshi, shows that vaccines cause more harm than good. The preprint doesn’t show that. In fact, it doesn’t really show anything at all. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver, assisted by Cindy the dog, go back to the science to reveal that the authors use P-Hacking combined with apples to oranges comparisons to fool people into thinking a significant effect has occurred when it really hasn't. If you would like more details about issues with this paper as well as Peter Doshi's history of spreading medical misinformation, please see the following: Peter Doshi vs. COVID-19 vaccines, the latest round https://respectfulinsolence.com/2022/06/29/peter-doshi-vs-covid-19-vaccines-the-latest-round/ Studies show that the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks; preprint claiming to show otherwise is flawed https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/studies-benefits-of-covid-19-vaccines-outweigh-risks-preprint-flawed-daily-sceptic/?fs=e&s=cl Professor Norman Fenton has now weighed in with a so-called debunking of my video. Please see the following rebuttal of his claims: Norman Fenton: “It’s not p-hacking if you don’t use p-values.” https://respectfulinsolence.com/2022/07/01/norman-fenton-its-not-p-hacking-if-you-dont-use-p-values/ Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Links to data: The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002106 Serious Adverse Events of Special Interest Following mRNA Vaccination in Randomized Trials (Preprint) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4125239 Global impact of the first year of COVID-19 vaccination: a mathematical modelling study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(22)00320-6/fulltext

Dr John Campbell is again spreading misinformation. This time it concerns Covid vaccination and pregnancy. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver covers the tactics he uses to fool his audience into believing the misinformation and how he makes them think that it is even worse than what he is saying directly. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Links to data: Fact Check-Britain's MHRA still advises pregnant and breastfeeding women to get vaccinated against COVID-19 https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-mhra/fact-check-britains-mhra-still-advises-pregnant-and-breastfeeding-women-to-get-vaccinated-against-covid-19-idUSL1N3070K1 JCVI issues new advice on COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women (from April 2021) https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-issues-new-advice-on-covid-19-vaccination-for-pregnant-women Pregnant women now a priority group for COVID-19 vaccination https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/news/2194-pregnant-women-now-a-priority-group-for-covid-19-vaccination Pregnancy, breastfeeding, fertility and coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination from NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/pregnancy-breastfeeding-fertility-and-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination/ Information sheet and decision aid from RCOG https://www.rcog.org.uk/media/13xkcdsa/2021-02-24-combined-info-sheet-and-decision-aid.pdf Greenbook chapter 14A - COVID-19 - SARS-CoV-2 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1098808/Greenbook-chapter-14A-17August2022.pdf Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness and perinatal outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30052-w?s=09

Florida Surgeon General, Dr Joseph Ladapo, recently announced that Covid-19 mRNA vaccines are no longer recommended for men aged 18 to 39. In doing so, he hid data from a recent study showing their benefits. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver covers the data that has been hidden by Dr Ladapo and shows why Covid-19 vaccination is beneficial for all age groups. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Links to data: Exploring the relationship between all-cause and cardiac-related mortality following COVID-19 vaccination or infection in Florida residents: a self-controlled case series study https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221007-guidance-mrna-covid19-vaccines-analysis.pdf Self controlled case series methods: an alternative to standard epidemiological study designs https://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i4515 Provisional Covid-19 Deaths by Sex and Age https://data.cdc.gov/widgets/9bhg-hcku?mobile_redirect=true The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002106 ICD-10 codes https://icd.who.int/browse10/2019/en#/IX Risk of death following SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccination in young people in England: a self-controlled case series study https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.22.22272775v1.full

Dr John Campbell recently published a video entitled Viral transmission not tested in Pfizer trials, and Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog are a little confused as to whether it's demonstrating his ignorance or if he is just grifting. In this video, they explain what was communicated about transmission when the Pfizer vaccine was first made available and what subsequent studies have shown. Buy me a coffee (or Cindy a treat) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Playlist of other videos debunking Dr John Campbell's misinformation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV1WqH0isjRxTQUVyeZHBt-V35YeAknnW Links to data: Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2034577 FDA Takes Key Action in Fight Against COVID-19 By Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for First COVID-19 Vaccine https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-takes-key-action-fight-against-covid-19-issuing-emergency-use-authorization-first-covid-19 Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) COVID-19 Response – Test and Trace https://t.co/RxTuPqaLy3 Vaccination Against Measles: a Clinical Trial of Live Measles Vaccine Given Alone and Live Vaccine Preceded by Killed Vaccine https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/1/5485/441.full.pdf A COLLABORATIVE STUDY OF MEASLES VACCINES IN FIVE UNITED STATES COMMUNITIES https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.53.4.645 Quadrivalent Vaccine against Human Papillomavirus to Prevent High-Grade Cervical Lesions https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa061741 COVID-19 vaccine coverage in health-care workers in England and effectiveness of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine against infection (SIREN): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00790-X/fulltext Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern subvariants BA.1 and BA.2 in Denmark. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33498-0

Florida Surgeon General, Dr Joseph Ladapo, recently announced that Covid-19 mRNA vaccines are no longer recommended for men aged 18 to 39. In doing so, he hid data from a recent study showing their benefits. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver covers the data that has been hidden by Dr Ladapo and shows why Covid-19 vaccination is beneficial for all age groups. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Videos mentioned: Antivaxxers fooled by P-Hacking and apples to oranges comparisons. https://youtu.be/drSAsfuMkuw Links to data: Exploring the relationship between all-cause and cardiac-related mortality following COVID-19 vaccination or infection in Florida residents: a self-controlled case series study https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221007-guidance-mrna-covid19-vaccines-analysis.pdf Self controlled case series methods: an alternative to standard epidemiological study designs https://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i4515 Provisional Covid-19 Deaths by Sex and Age https://data.cdc.gov/widgets/9bhg-hcku?mobile_redirect=true The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002106 ICD-10 codes https://icd.who.int/browse10/2019/en#/IX Risk of death following SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccination in young people in England: a self-controlled case series study https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.22.22272775v1.full

Recently a paper published in JAMA Pediatrics entitled Detection of Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Human Breast Milk is being misrepresented by the usual suspects, including Dr John Campbell, to create unnecessary concern, particularly amongst breastfeeding women. In this video Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog explain what it shows, what it doesn’t show, and what they didn’t look for. It turns out those misrepresenting the findings are a bit late to the party. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Links to data: Pfizer public assessment report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1101992/COVID-19_mRNA_Vaccine_BNT162b2__UKPAR___PFIZER_BIONTECH_ext_of_indication_11.6.2021_banner_020922.pdf Detection of Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Human Breast Milk https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2796427 Codominant IgG and IgA expression with minimal vaccine mRNA in milk of BNT162b2 vaccinees https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-021-00370-z Evaluation of Messenger RNA From COVID-19 BTN162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines in Human Milk https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2781679 Neutralizing Activity and SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine mRNA Persistence in Serum and Breastmilk After BNT162b2 Vaccination in Lactating Women https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.783975/full COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination in Lactation: Assessment of Adverse Events and Vaccine Related Antibodies in Mother-Infant Dyads https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.777103/full American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists advice: https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/covid-19-vaccines-answers-from-ob-gyns Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists advice https://www.rcog.org.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-pregnancy-and-women-s-health/vaccination/covid-19-vaccines-pregnancy-and-breastfeeding-faqs/ Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through breast milk and breastfeeding: a living systematic review https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.14477 No infectious SARS-CoV-2 in breast milk from a cohort of 110 lactating women https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-021-01902-y

***If you are experiencing any issues with the sound on this video, please use the following link instead: https://youtu.be/Sh4lrcAFmWc There's been quite a bit of buzz lately about a new paper by Dr Aseem Malhotra, which was published in the Journal of Insulin Resistance, that he says was published after a rigorous and long peer review process and is perhaps the most important work of his career so far with implications for every human being on the planet. He has been extensively promoting the paper at antivax conferences and on some TV shows, falsely claiming that it shows a link between vaccines and cardiac arrests. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog go back to the science and show that the paper misrepresents the studies it cites and ignores most of the literature. They also demonstrate that it shouldn’t have passed peer review. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Previous debunks of references cited: Issues with Abstract 10712 https://www.clinical-science-nerd.de/post/no-mrna-vaccines-for-covid-19-do-not-dramatically-increase-the-risk-for-heart-attacks https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/11/24/how-antivaxxers-weaponized-an-abstract-by-a-goop-doctor-against-covid-19-vaccines/ Video debunking paper that was NOT published in Nature: Spurious correlation between vaccines and cardiac emergency calls in Israel https://youtu.be/B64UIabUuP8 Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:30 Journal of Insulin Resistance? 3:06 Peer reviewing review papers 6:47 Dr Malhotra’s appeal to authority 8:01 Conference abstract 10712 misrepresented 10:33 Peer review 101 - Check the references 13:44 3 papers that Dr Malhotra didn’t include 16:56 Absolute risk reduction misrepresented 17:41 A blog post? Really? 18:01 Serious illness data misrepresented 29:43 Nature paper that isn’t 20:37 Malhotra doesn’t know basic vaccine science 21:41 Crazy claims from Fenton et al. Sweden? Links to data: Curing the pandemic of misinformation on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines through real evidence-based medicine - Part 1 https://insulinresistance.org/index.php/jir/article/view/71/221 Design of Antimicrobial Polymers https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/macp.202200226 Implausible discussions in saturated fat ‘research’; definitive solutions won’t come from another million editorials (or a million views of one) https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/53/24/1512 Saturated fat does not clog the arteries: coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, the risk of which can be effectively reduced from healthy lifestyle interventions https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/15/1111 Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2034577 Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine through 6 Months https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NeJMoa2110345 Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Setting https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2110475 Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, and Pulmonary Embolism After BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in People Aged 75 Years or Older https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2786667 Association Between Vaccination and Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke After COVID-19 Infection https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2794753 FDA Clinical review of BNT162b2 https://www.fda.gov/media/152256/download Increased emergency cardiovascular events among under-40 population in Israel during vaccine rollout and third COVID-19 wave https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10928-z

Many people use logical fallacies in arguments. This is particularly common on social media. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog will be discussing the appeal to authority fallacy, and, in particular, the appeal to false authority fallacy. The appeal to authority fallacy occurs when people insist that a claim is true simply because an authority or expert on the issue said it was true, without offering any other supporting evidence. False authorities covered in this video include Tess Lawrie, Peter McCullough, Robert Malone, and Poornima Wagh. If you see anyone using this fallacy, please share this video with them. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Links to other videos mentioned: Logical fallacies EXPOSED! #3 The fallacy fallacy https://youtu.be/nITBG9tlPcE @Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson Robert Malone goes full anti-science on Joe Rogan's podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjszVOfG_wo Logical fallacies playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV1WqH0isjRxF4hiVlkEWc2NJ22WZrOxJ Chapters 0:00 Introduction 2:03 Appeal to false authority 3:19 Authorities with irrelevant expertise 4:10 Tess Lawrie 6:16 Peter McCullough 6:58 Fake experts 7:15 Robert Malone 8:52 Poornima Wagh 10:11 Mavericks against consensus Links to data: The tangled history of mRNA vaccines https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02483-w The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2005 (Barry J. Marshall and J. Robin Warren) https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2005/press-release/ Expression of Concern for Bryant a, Lawrie TA, Dowswell T, Fordham EJ, Mitchell S, Hill SR, Tham TC. Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Trial Sequential Analysis to Inform Clinical Guidelines. Am J Ther. 2021;28(4): e434-e460 https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/Fulltext/2022/04000/Expression_of_Concern_for_Bryant_a,_Lawrie_TA,.11.aspx Evidence on the efficacy of ivermectin for COVID-19: another story of apples and oranges http://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/08/19/bmjebm-2021-111791.abstract

Antivaxxers are now claiming that the COVID vaccine is causing an increase in young women having heart attacks. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog explain why, as usual, they haven’t done their due diligence and are just plain wrong. They also cover the symptoms of heart attack that everyone should look out for, regardless of sex or age. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie You may also be interested in the following videos: Grifters misrepresent excess deaths in vaccine disinformation campaign https://youtu.be/pWNqinR1QdU Deceptive athlete death claims from Pierre Kory and Goodsciencing https://youtu.be/IY8BPiyXWVU Links to data: Young women and heart attacks – More antivaxxer misinformation https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/heart-attack-symptoms-more-younger-27992138 Heart Attacks Striking Younger Women https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/heart-attack/heart-attacks-striking-younger-women Twenty Year Trends and Sex Differences in Young Adults Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.037137

A number of people, including Kevin B liar.com and Dr John Campbell, are spreading misinformation falsely claiming that COVID vaccines are associated with excess deaths. Some are doing this directly, and some are doing it indirectly. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog show how the data actually says the opposite and look at possible explanations that are supported by the data. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Other videos looking at excess death disinformation: Deceptive athlete death claims from Pierre Kory and Goodsciencing https://youtu.be/IY8BPiyXWVU Excess deaths statistics misinformation on Dr John Campbell’s channel https://youtu.be/lRzKxICjOUw Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:35 Deaths by vaccination status 6:05 ONS data misrepresentation 9:05 Post COVID cardiovascular complications 12:56 Overwhelmed NHS Links to data: Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 26 August 2022 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest Monthly mortality analysis, England and Wales: July 2022 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/monthlymortalityanalysisenglandandwales/latest Long-term cardiovascular outcomes of COVID-19 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01689-3 Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortality https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/3/168 NHS backlog data analysis https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/nhs-delivery-and-workforce/pressures/nhs-backlog-data-analysis Excess mortality in England (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities) https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiYmUwNmFhMjYtNGZhYS00NDk2LWFlMTAtOTg0OGNhNmFiNGM0IiwidCI6ImVlNGUxNDk5LTRhMzUtNGIyZS1hZDQ3LTVmM2NmOWRlODY2NiIsImMiOjh9 Deaths by vaccination status, England https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsbyvaccinationstatusengland Post–COVID-19 Symptoms and Conditions Among Children and Adolescents — United States, March 1, 2020–January 31, 2022 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7131a3.htm?s_cid=mm7131a3_w

Many people use logical fallacies in arguments. This is particularly common on social media. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog will be discussing the ad hominem fallacy, otherwise known as argument from fallacy, which occurs when, instead of addressing someone's argument or position, you irrelevantly attack the person or some aspect of the person who is making the argument. We see this fallacy a lot in the comments on our videos. If you see anyone using this fallacy, please share this video with them. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Logical fallacies playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV1WqH0isjRxF4hiVlkEWc2NJ22WZrOxJ Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:22 Circumstantial ad hominem 4:13 Association ad hominem 5:40 Tone policing 6:47 Abusive ad hominem 9:21 Ad feminem 10:35 What is not ad hominem

Dr John Campbell is again spreading misinformation. This time it concerns Covid vaccination and pregnancy. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver covers the tactics he uses to fool his audience into believing the misinformation and how he makes them think that it is even worse than what he is saying directly. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Links to data: Fact Check-Britain's MHRA still advises pregnant and breastfeeding women to get vaccinated against COVID-19 https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-mhra/fact-check-britains-mhra-still-advises-pregnant-and-breastfeeding-women-to-get-vaccinated-against-covid-19-idUSL1N3070K1 JCVI issues new advice on COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women (from April 2021) https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-issues-new-advice-on-covid-19-vaccination-for-pregnant-women Pregnant women now a priority group for COVID-19 vaccination https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/news/2194-pregnant-women-now-a-priority-group-for-covid-19-vaccination Pregnancy, breastfeeding, fertility and coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination from NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/pregnancy-breastfeeding-fertility-and-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination/ Information sheet and decision aid from RCOG https://www.rcog.org.uk/media/13xkcdsa/2021-02-24-combined-info-sheet-and-decision-aid.pdf Greenbook chapter 14A - COVID-19 - SARS-CoV-2 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1098808/Greenbook-chapter-14A-17August2022.pdf Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness and perinatal outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30052-w?s=09

Many people use logical fallacies in arguments. This is particularly common on social media. One such fallacy is the slippery slope fallacy, which is often used by politicians, but is also made when people are arguing against science or public health measures, and one person who has done this is Dr Vinay Prasad. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver, scientist and part-time ski bunny, will be discussing Dr Prasad’s logical fallacy and why the slippery slope fallacy is just a fallacy. If you see anyone using this fallacy, please share this video with them. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Logical fallacies playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV1WqH0isjRxF4hiVlkEWc2NJ22WZrOxJ

This is an audio only recording of an interview of Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog from Lads on Tour - Stars of Covid, Dr Ivor Mectin, and @Brent Lee TV. We discuss how to access, research, understand and test the validity of scientific papers published in journals, predatory journals, retractions, misogyny & trolls. They also discussed this YouTube channel, Back to the Science , and how Susan got started in debunking misinformation, and her ghosting by Dr John Campbell. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Links to more from Lads on Tour Lads on Tour on Twitter https://twitter.com/LadsTourPod Lads on Tour Podcast https://anchor.fm/lads-on-tour Brent Lee on Twitter https://twitter.com/BrentLeeSDCIC Brent Lee on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/BrentLeeTV Dr Ivor Mectin on Twitter https://twitter.com/IvorMectin1 Stars of Covid on Twitter https://twitter.com/StarsOfCovid Drew Comments on Twitter https://twitter.com/sjs856

Many people use logical fallacies in arguments. This is particularly common on social media. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog will be discussing the fallacy fallacy, otherwise known as argument from fallacy, which occurs when someone assumes that if an argument contains a logical fallacy, then its conclusion must be false. If you see anyone using this fallacy, please share this video with them. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Logical fallacies playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV1WqH0isjRxF4hiVlkEWc2NJ22WZrOxJ Links to other ivermectin videos: Science mistakes made by ivermectin fans (Part 1) https://youtu.be/-zWK_-4mfXs Science mistakes made by ivermectin fans (Part 2) https://youtu.be/AjIsvafVQzs Science mistakes made by ivermectin fans (Part 3) https://youtu.be/j4sqEX_29Fc Fake ivermectin meta-analysis (ivmmeta) vs The Science https://youtu.be/v_1mmnRm7EU Ivermectin in Brazil – A tale of two studies (Part 1 – Itajai) https://youtu.be/zXq6NAZ1mls Ivermectin in Brazil – A tale of two studies (Part 2 – TOGETHER Trial) https://youtu.be/fnBoQDo35VY Links to data: FDA - Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19 https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19 Cochrane Review - Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID-19 https://www.cochrane.org/CD015017/INFECTN_ivermectin-preventing-and-treating-covid-19

Dr Naomi Wolf has recently claimed to have analysed some Pfizer documents and shown that 44% of pregnancies in the Pfizer trial ended in miscarriage. Her claims are false! Dr Susan Oliver explains what the documents actually show and how Dr Wolf got it wrong. She also presents a recent study that confirms that Covid mRNA vaccines are safe to take in pregnancy. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Links to data: Pfizer document release https://phmpt.org/pfizers-documents/ (Search for “125742_S1_M5_5351_c4591001-interim-mth6-adverse-events.zip (pdf)”) Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness and perinatal outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30052-w?s=09

Many people use logical fallacies in arguments. This is particularly common on social media. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog will be discussing the anecdotal fallacy. The anecdotal fallacy occurs when people use their limited personal experience to make sweeping conclusions or to dismiss statistical findings. If you see anyone using this fallacy, please share this video with them. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Logical fallacies playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV1WqH0isjRxF4hiVlkEWc2NJ22WZrOxJ Links to data: What are the effects of smoking and tobacco? https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/smoking-and-tobacco/about-smoking-and-tobacco/what-are-the-effects-of-smoking-and-tobacco Smokers’ accounts on the health risks of smoking: Why is smoking not dangerous for me? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953610004545 Sorry Antivaxxer https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/

Many people use logical fallacies in arguments. This is particularly common on social media. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog will be discussing two of these fallacies, the base rate fallacy and Simpson’s paradox. If you see anyone using these fallacies, please share this video with them. Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie Logical fallacies playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV1WqH0isjRxF4hiVlkEWc2NJ22WZrOxJ Links to data: On Simpson's Paradox and the Sure-Thing Principle https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01621459.1972.10482387 USA Vaccination by age https://usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-states/ How do death rates from COVID-19 differ between people who are vaccinated and those who are not? https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths-by-vaccination