= Viral BS =
=== Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them ===
=== Dr. Seema Yasmin, 2021 BvtnLib 610 YAS ===

 . reporter / epidemiologist / medical doctor / 1982 UK
 . no references

 .p001 2014, Texas mother demands Ebola vaccination from pediatrician, scoffs at flu vaccine.
 .p005 2011? joined CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service, 2014 to ''Dallas Morning News as'' reporter.
 .p075 Ch13 "The Raging Statin Debate" 
  .p076 2016 Lancet study: 10K people with heart disease take a statin for 5 years, prevent 1000 heart attacks and strokes
   . 50 to 100 would develop diabetes, 5 to 10 would suffer bleeding in the brain
  . conclusion? not yet, evidence confusing, "ongoing studies ..."
  . WHO's heart risk calculator (?)
 .p155 Ch29 "Does Playing American football give players brain damage?"
  .p156 CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopy, brain laced with hyperphosphorylated tau
  .p161 NFL gave a gift of $30M to research CTE, "no strings attached", withdrew when NIH funded brain injury experts Robert Stern and Anne !McKee, finding links between football and CTE
 .p181 Ch33 ... Nearly half of all Americans diagnosed with HIV on 2015 were aged 50 and over.