Political blog Huffington Post is credulous of all kinds of woo-woo nonsense. The latest is on alternative remedies for flu (via Respectful Insolence):
The good news is that there are many alternative medicines, herbs, and treatments that can be quite effective in the fight against a wide variety of viruses and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, to which mainstream [...]
President B.H. Obama on Swine flu:
I’ve consulted with our public health officials extensively on a day-to-day basis, in some cases an hour-to-hour basis. At this point they have not recommended a border closing. From their perspective it would be akin to closing the barn door after the horses are out, because we already have cases [...]
The wisdom of crowds is put to the test: Can markets predict the likelihood of a swine flu pandemic?
Or rather, can they accurately predict the probability? There seem to be plenty of indicators that can be used, ranging from shares in anti-virals to virtual betting markets. The only question is whether those estimates have any [...]
Health authorities are worried about so-called “Mexican swine flu” which has killed around 20 people so far.
is this the real deal? Or is it a false alarm, like the “bird flu” panics that amounted to nothing.
Most likely it’s a false alarm, but there’s a reason why health officials watch these deadly diseases so closely. [...]