Philip C. Plait

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Australian government wants to stop free pertussis vaccines

In Australia, pertussis — whooping cough — is at epidemic levels. There were over 38,000 cases last year, and it’s killed eight babies since 2008. Despite this, the Health Minister of Victoria wants to cut a program that provides free pertussis vaccines for caregivers and parents of babies. He claims (under advice of a panel of experts) that it isn’t providing sufficient clinical results, but m...

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Average rating: 4.14 · 1,628 ratings · 214 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End... 4.18 avg rating — 905 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" 4.08 avg rating — 715 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Sora Kara Kyōfu Ga Yatte Kuru: Chikyū Metsubō Kokonotsu No Shinario by Philip C. Plait, 斉藤隆央 (翻訳) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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Quotes by Philip C. Plait

“I am using the word theory as a scientist means it: a set of ideas so well established by observations and physical models that it is essentially indistinguishable from fact. That is different from the colloquial use that means "guess." To a scientist, you can bet your life on a theory. Remember, gravity is "just a theory" too.”
― Philip C. Plait, Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End...

tags: science , theory

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“Science asymptotically approaches reality”
― Philip C. Plait, Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End...

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