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Of course each one has their opinion and says what they want. But being informed may be a good idea. And facts are facts.
Whatever the subject, anyone has their opinion. Then the opinion is supported by some, contradicted by others – with facts? Founded? Or with false or distorted information?
In science it happens a lot: distorted conversations, debates without foundation arise, without evidence. Deep down, an assessment far from reality.
Of course each one has their opinion and says what they want. But being informed may be a good idea. And facts are facts, it remembers, which presents a list of 7 anti-science myths that threaten modern society. Especially at a time when high leaders, or very popular personalities, ignore the facts and show their reality.
1. Doubt what is not in a study
It is the thesis that if something has not been published in a pairs reviewed, and doubly confirmed, it is not to take it seriously. But there are many important scientific data that are never published in a final study. Why? If the author realizes that the study would give rise to an extraordinary series of negative effects in a group, or that it would hurt another group in a study that was already proposed, the author stops. Evident example: If experience is killing too many people; Even though deaths are 10% of the total and the end result would prove that that experience protects the vast majority of patients. But it would not continue to kill people. And probably this experience will result in something that will really be used in science right after; But there has never been a finished study – to avoid further deaths.
2. Fluoride in drinking water is a danger
There are those who say they don’t help anything in health, not safe and make us eat toxic chemicals. Or until it reduces children’s Qi. Of course, if fluoride is abuse, if it is in exaggerated water, there are dangers for health. But this chemical element began to be placed in water because it is central to mineralization and remineralization of dental elements; It is a powerful weapon against the proliferation of bacteria in the mouth.
3. OGM are worse
Genetically modified organisms (GMO) are genetically manipulated organisms to change color or size. And there are those who argue that these GMOs are less healthy and less nutritious than non-OGM. Scientific studies show that nutrient densities are no lower in GMO. And modified foods can even save over one million lives per year and prevent 500,000 children from being blinded.
4. Greenhouse effect does not create climate change
For over a century that scientists prove this relationship. But there are still those who reject this evidence – and while rejecting the earth continues to warm on a unprecedented scale.
5. Vaccines are dangerous
Here the context is very local: many US inhabitants ensure that the disease control and disease prevention center do not know what it is doing in vaccines. They claim that the vaccination program is not safe, not effective and can be bad for health. Even if measles, polio or varicella (among many other diseases) were eliminated almost completely because of the vaccine – which was probably the biggest advance in public health in the twentieth century. The scientific evidence that shows that vaccines are safe, effective – and, by the way. Is it only in the US that this is said?
6. 5G is a great risk
Or is it more afraid of the unknown? Scientific studies are clear: there is no evidence of cancer relationship, brain tumors, stress, genetic damage, memory or reproduction changes, or neurological disorders. But there are still scientists from the “conspiracy theories” that help spread the thesis that this technology, and its radiation, are a global danger.
7. Covid-19 created in laboratory
The trendiest was to the end. But Big Think classifies this theory as the saddest on this list. Once again, scientific studies prove that the virus emerged by nature, by animals, and was then transmitted to humans. But whether for this subject, or any other on the list, someone will appear to say that all the studies and scientists who contradict their truth have been “bought.”
