An epidemic of epidemiology
I've used the 50th anniversary of Hill and Doll's first report on their classic smoking study to restate some of the ideas from John Brignell's new book, The Epidemiologists: Have They Got Scares For You. Like his previous book, Sorry, Wrong Number, it's an excellent review of what is wrong with the science behind much of the health panics we read about today. It's only a shame that it's not with a bigger publisher that could give the book a wider audience.
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One reason for the success of the passive smoking lobby is that most non-smokers find a smokey atmostphere to be obnoxious. Bad science often serves the cause of valid socioloical concerns.
The same might be said of religion.
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