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I don’t fear Ebola. I fear the flu spreading like a fire in a dry forest. I fear the return of Polio, or an outbreak of the measles. I fear stupidity and lies. I fear Jenny McCarthy, and Kristin Cavallari, celebrities with platforms, who are not doctors, spreading not just lies about vaccines but actual diseases with their unprotected children.

Shot Through the Heart - The Awl

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One parent reported that implementation of the diet in a strict manner resulted in increased aggression towards peers, inability to problem solve, and increased spinning behavior, probably due to frustration in regards to removal of favorite foods.

Nutrients | Free Full-Text | Comprehensive Nutritional and Dietary Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder—A Randomized, Controlled 12-Month Trial | HTML

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“What if” questions also help us judge the past. By imagining whether history could have been better, might have been worse, or was destined to transpire as it did – in other words, by posing fantasy, nightmare, and stasis counterfactuals – we can better judge the actions of those ... who shaped the course of history.

19. Counterfactuals

Chiel van den Akker, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld

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