Fluoridation, Near Death Experiences and more

Welcome to the NZ Skeptics newsletter.

It seems there's quite a lot of skeptically-related topics in the news at the moment. Perhaps there's a backlash to a lot of stuff that came out in 2020 that was pure pseudoscience.

Speaking of media - it's great to hear the voices of prominent science promoters back on Magic Talk with Graeme Hill. Graeme's now doing his show every week night from 7 - 10pm, and has had Alison Campbell, Siouxsie Wiles and Mark Honeychurch on. Long may this continue.

Wishing you a great week...

Fluoridation

Craig Shearer

Big news this week is that the government is taking water fluoridation powers off local councils and giving it to the director general of health, Ashley Bloomfield. This is a good decision as it ... (158 words)

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Near death experiences

Craig Shearer

NDEs were in the media this week. Radio New Zealand did an interview with Professor Bruce Greyson who has a book out After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond. ... (509 words)

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The COVID vaccine honeymoon period

Craig Shearer

I read a very good article today in The Atlantic explaining some of the subtleties around the COVID vaccine. In particular we shouldn't be surprised when vaccinated people get infected. At the moment ... (163 words)

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Canterbury big cats again

Craig Shearer

A few weeks ago I wrote about big cats reported sighted in Canterbury, and opined that what had been seen was likely a feral cat. This weekend, Stuff did a piece about how Jesse Feary had actually ... (88 words)

Category: News