A Reminder: NO Nation "Owns" The Land It Sits On

"The population of Europe has been replaced by migrants three times in the past 45,000 years. New research shows that the current risk of developing various diseases varies according to how much of a person’s DNA originates from the various prehistoric migrants."

Click on the link below for an interesting and informative look at the history of migration in one area of the planet and how it relates to some diseases:

Prehistoric population turnover influences the risk of various diseases for modern Europeans

Sometimes Crying Wolf May Be Beneficial

"OK, then, what's the takeaway here? At the very least, the obvious point is that sometimes, luckily and unpredictably, even when you lose, you really can win. But perhaps the bigger lesson is that while sometimes health experts sound alarms so loud that they seemingly stretch the boundaries of credulity, instead of covering our ears we might be better off fine tuning our hearing to extract the useful information from the high-pitched static."

Completely Wrong on Zika, But Alarm Likely Aided Global Health

The Problem With White Coats On Physicians

" - - - just like we don’t need a randomized trial to prove that parachutes save lives, we also don’t need a trial of white coats. The circumstantial evidence that many of them are covered in germs is sufficient."

Doctors, It’s Time to Hang Up the White Coats

Deforestation: Another Problem Caused By Human Activity

By cutting down forests, humans may be giving themselves malaria