Elon Musk wants to strip out payments for the indirect costs of doing vital research for the federal govt — while SpaceX gets to keep its undisclosed indirect rate.

Remember: even Donald Trump doesn’t like RFK Jr.:

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New post. Read about what a return to the Halcyon days of freely circulating polio might look like if RFK Jr. acts upon his feelings about polio vaccines.

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There is a market for people who want transfusions from unvaccinated donors, even though exhaustive study has shown that vaccinated blood poses no risks to health. Demand is significant enough that someone concocted a scam with extra risks for antivaxers.

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Last night, the CEO of UnitedHealth said that his company’s job is to make sure that healthcare is safe and delivered when needed. False. They don’t deliver care and benefit by slowing or stopping it. Remember: health insurance is middleware, not healthcare.

The Dunning-Kruger effect makes rational discourse with overconfident blowhards impossible. But what if there was an unexpected way to capitalize on it? Read about it here, before your next holiday dinner:

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I started this project to poke fun at fringe-y pseudoscientific medical thinking. Seeing the new cabinet picks gives me the dysphoric sense that these will no longer be fringe.

Etsy stores that sell decorative cozies for iron lungs will see growth soon. Remember who told you first!

RFK Jr. wants to bring back raw milk. His foundation wants you to feed it to your infant. I can’t believe I have to say this, but don’t. Read more here:

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