James Street
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James Street
@fatcat99.bsky.social
Medical writer
My Medium articles usually focus on bad science that underpins bad policy. However, today I address conspiracy theories driven by an almost complete lack of data. This may have resulted in adding to the pile, but I believe it is at least grounded in what little science we have been given. #MRI
Did Trump Have A Heart Attack?
There has been much speculation about US President Donald Trump’s recent disappearance from the public eye, reduced travel, and mysterious…
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December 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Trump is going to try the turkey for treason, isn’t he?
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This week's article in Street Science explores the Adam Standard Mile and how it can be used to standardize training load in order to compare different activities.
The Adam Standard Mile: How I Switched from Running to Cycling
I am a life-long runner who has meticulously tracked every run since 1986. During that time, I developed a good idea as to what sort of…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Buried in your newsfeed this morning is word that Canada has lost its measles elimination status. In a world where vaccine mandates are being ignored or eliminated, in my latest article I explore why they are an important part of public health policy.

#measles #vaccine-mandates #vaccines
The End of Vaccine Mandates: Are We Heading to a More Dangerous World?
In September, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order removing all vaccine mandates in the state for both public and…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just updated this article to account for some significant new data.

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Is COVID-19 Vaccination Really Associated with Pericarditis?
This article, originally published on October 1, has been updated to include new data showing the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis in…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I have started a publication on Medium to try and make the latest science accessible and in context. Today, I have written about the dangers of pickleball.

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#pickleball
Is Pickleball Dangerous?
A recent article in JAMA Ophthalmology (Lacher, 2025) has drawn attention to the possible dangers of pickleball, leading to alarmist…
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October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The government is closed, but we are still paying taxes (and taking in import taxes). Perhaps we should pass a law that government funding must continue at current levels until an appropriations bill is passed. That way the military gets paid, SNAP benefits get paid, etc, etc.
October 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Has anyone considered that vaccinations actually do cause an increase in autism rates, because severely autistic kids used to die young due to now preventable diseases?
September 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social It would be really helpful when discussing all this vaccine skepticism to actually present some of the science. Even just a couple of charts from clinical trials showing effectiveness of mRNA vaccines, and CDC data showing deaths before and after their introduction.
September 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This is not so much about weakening democracy, but throwing out the concept of government and society completely.

Vaccination mandates are about the wellbeing of the society. The role of government is to ensure the wellbeing of society. Otherwise we have anarchy.
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on ending all vaccine mandates: "Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery."
September 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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FOX: Do you agree with Florida ending all childhood vaccine mandates?

MEHMET OZ: I would definitely not have mandates for vaccinations
September 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Trump and Putin have an agreement. Putin will release the pee tape to permanently distract from the Epstein files.

MAGA will be more ok with golden showers than pedophilia.
August 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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I show this clip from Colbert in my lecture on stratospheric ozone depletion.
July 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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When history marks the point where we lost the future to China, this will be it.
July 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
So what is he going to call VJ Day?
Victory Day for World War II, 2025
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATION Today, our Nation proudly commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Allied Powers' triumph
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May 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Per Trump, other nations have nothing that US needs, and those same nations want lots of American stuff. Yet the rationale for the tariffs is that we have a trade deficit with all these countries?

Does not compute!
May 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
We are essentially at full employment (for now). Who is going to work in the Nike Shoe Factory in Oregon for $0.30/hr?
April 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Trump's foolishness has presented the perfect opportunity for cats and penguins to sign a trade deal - the fish will be ours!
April 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Maybe if Eric Adam’s can’t work with federal government while under indictment he should resign as mayor. #ericadams
February 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
#usaid Ending USAID will hand the developing world to China. I thought we were trying to neutralize China’s global influence
February 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My feed has nothing about Trump’s bat shit Gaza proposal. I know it will never happen, but do we not care about the fallout this will cause? Especially with the gutting of FBI and CIA, and imminent installation of Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel. And no one will take USA seriously again.
February 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Can we still drink Canada Dry?
February 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM