# \#public-health

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## [Plastic safety: how to approach costs and benefits](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/plastic-safety-how-to-approach-costs-and-benefits/5710)

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**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [17 December 2024 09:15 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/plastic-safety-how-to-approach-costs-and-benefits/5710 "2024-12-17T09:15:55Z")

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Here’s how one should evaluate policies: There was a detailed analysis of the presence of phtalates in food - at much higher levels than one might expect: The paper does analysis in a sensible way, estimating the im…

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## [Switzerland Withdraws Recommendation for COVID-19 Vaccination](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/switzerland-withdraws-recommendation-for-covid-19-vaccination/3022)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [20 September 2023 12:02 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/switzerland-withdraws-recommendation-for-covid-19-vaccination/3022 "2023-09-20T12:02:44Z")

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The Swiss Office of Public Health has updated their recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination. The official document is available only in the following languages: German French Italian The following was created by Goo…

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## [Jay Bhattacharya—“How Stanford Failed the Academic Freedom Test”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/jay-bhattacharya-how-stanford-failed-the-academic-freedom-test/2599)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [13 June 2023 00:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/jay-bhattacharya-how-stanford-failed-the-academic-freedom-test/2599 "2023-06-13T00:39:13Z")

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Jayanta “Jay” Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine, economics, and health policy at Stanford University, where he received both an M.D. and Ph.D in economics. In October 2020, he co-authored the Great Barrington Decl…

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## [From 1926—“Our Common Enemy — the Housefly”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1926-our-common-enemy-the-housefly/1167)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [8 February 2023 07:03 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1926-our-common-enemy-the-housefly/1167 "2023-02-08T07:03:46Z")

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This is a silent film with piano accompaniment.

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## [Monitoring Public Health by Analysis of Sewage](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/monitoring-public-health-by-analysis-of-sewage/1389)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2022 14:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/monitoring-public-health-by-analysis-of-sewage/1389 "2022-05-18T14:56:18Z")

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You are (or were) what you flush. Does privacy end where the sewer starts?

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## [Joseph Bazalgette, the Great Stink, and the Sewers of London](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/joseph-bazalgette-the-great-stink-and-the-sewers-of-london/1100)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [26 March 2022 14:28 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/joseph-bazalgette-the-great-stink-and-the-sewers-of-london/1100 "2022-03-26T14:28:51Z")

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Here is more on the Great Stink of 1858 and Joseph Bazalgette’s rôle in designing and building the London sewer system. The original sewer system did not treat the sewage, but routed it downstream where it…

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## [COVID-19 and Common Sense with Dr Jay Bhattacharya](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/covid-19-and-common-sense-with-dr-jay-bhattacharya/574)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [17 December 2021 00:48 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/covid-19-and-common-sense-with-dr-jay-bhattacharya/574 "2021-12-17T00:48:56Z")

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Dr Jay Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine at Stanford University has both an MD degree and Ph.D. in economics from Stanford. He is an author of the Great Barrington Declaration, advocating a “focused …