Saturday, November 01, 2008

Health fascism.

Don't you get totally fed up with the endless, gloomy reports which tell you that if you look interestedly at a chip, you will die horrifically of a variety of terrrifying diseases?
Consider how many of these panics are later invalidated by further research.
Consider also how for years, pregnant women have been subject to warnings which state that 'half a glass of wine twice a week will result in them having a baby with two heads and a life expectancy of zero.'
So now consider this report in the link which suggests that small amounts of alcohol for the gravid are actually beneficial!
Think on. How much do we get fed all this pap by pseudo-scientists and then we speak of it in hushed, reverential tones as if it is some form of holy writ! We must learn to be LESS respectful to hypothetical, tabloid science.
One of the problems is that it always seems to inspire busybodies, nanny state adherents and the terminally simple.

LINK:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1081913/Pregnant-women-drink-lightly-brighter-better-behaved-babies.html

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