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Forensics: A deep look at the junk vaccine study used by RFKJr and Covid deniers to lie about autism link. Worth a read.
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Forensics: Court orders tRump government to reissue national health data. 🧪
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Forensics: Measles Outbreak in Texas
You won’t hear this on Fox News. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF3BDExx7G7/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==
Forensics: Medical Sleuthing Identified the Dangers of Thalidomide | Scientific American
FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham wanted data that would show that thalidomide was safe to use during pregnancy. It wasn’t — Read on http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/medical-sleuthing-identified-the-dangers-of-thalidomide/
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Forensics: Junk science kills. Texas’ declines to stop execution in Roberson shaken baby syndrome case | The Week
A Texas man lost his final appeal to avoid execution, based on a conviction his lawyers say is based on debunked junk science. — Read on theweek.com/law/texas-execution-shaken-baby-syndrome
Forensics: More Bitemark BS From the Indian Subcontinent. Also Includes Other Dental Junk Methods.
Welcome to the world of pseudo-forensics. The entire body of the Indian forensic dental community is a circle of self affirming statements praising their skills. The entire 72 pages of this literature review has no citations. Its references are skewed … Continue reading
Forensics: Company says all is AOK with this. Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It | WIRED
Police around the US say they’re justified to run DNA-generated 3D models of faces through facial recognition tools to help crack cold cases. Everyone but the cops thinks that’s a bad idea. — Read on http://www.wired.com/story/parabon-nanolabs-dna-face-models-police-facial-recognition/