I am the expert for this week's WIRED Tech Support: Pseudoscience Support
Yes, I tackled MANY of the common claims you hear all over the internet
If you know me, you know that I have been committed to addressing science and health misinformation for decades. Even as a kid, I was committed to educating my fellow classmates on topics that related to individual and public health (I actually found some old VHS videos of my “class projects” that I am working on restoring, so stay tuned on that).
As such, it was a blast to be contacted by WIRED to serve at an expert on their YouTube series Tech Support. Today, my episode launched: PSEUDOSCIENCE SUPPORT.
Watch me fact-check health claims.
You’ve got questions?
I’ve got answers.
Biomedical scientist Dr. Andrea Love answers your questions about pseudosciences and false health claims from Twitter. What red flags should you look out for when gauging trust in health influencers? How harmful are cell phone towers to our health? Are organic foods actually free from pesticides? Answers to these questions and many more await—it's Pseudoscience Support.
In 22 minutes, we managed to cover a LOT of ground.
Granted, we filmed for a total of 4 hours, because if you know me, you *also* know that I have a lot to say about topics. That’s mostly because I always want to be as thorough as possible. For short videos though, content (and context) has to get cut. But I am really pleased with the final product.
Tune in for:
The definition of Pseudoscience
Flat Tummy Tea
Chiropractors
Anti-Science
Autism and Vaccines
GMOs
Health Influencers
Homeopathy
5G and Cellphone Radiation
Organic Foods
Parasite Cleanses
Lyme Disease
Fluoride
Gluten
Quality of scientific evidence
Artificial sweeteners
Dietary Supplements
Crystals
Fasting for Cancer
Watch the full video here:
And remember, I have much more on many of these topics, so check out my other newsletters for more (they are linked if you haven’t read them yet!):
Organic food is not healthier or pesticide free
GMOs are rife with misinformation
Dietary supplements are not regulated
Lyme disease (if you didn’t know, I’m the current Executive Director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation)
Aspartame doesn’t cause cancer
Gluten is not dangerous if you don’t have Celiac disease or wheat allergy
Here’s a short clip posted on my Instagram earlier today:
Today is going to be a short and sweet newsletter, because I think the WIRED video speaks for itself. Please feel free to share it widely!
Thanks for joining in the fight for science!
Thank you for supporting evidence-based science communication. With outbreaks of preventable diseases, refusal of evidence-based medical interventions, propagation of pseudoscience by prominent public “personalities”, it’s needed now more than ever.
Your local immunologist,
Andrea
“ImmunoLogic” is written by Dr. Andrea Love, PhD - immunologist and microbiologist. She works full-time in life sciences biotech and has had a lifelong passion for closing the science literacy gap and combating pseudoscience and health misinformation as far back as her childhood. This newsletter and her science communication on her social media pages are born from that passion. Feel free to follow on Instagram, Threads, Twitter, and Facebook, or support the newsletter by subscribing below: