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Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine and Public Health, University of Johannesburg. Loves being a dad. Bad golfer. Not my equations in the profile pic.
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Genuine question: in cases where people can lose weight simply by eating healthier diets, and assuming there are no restrictions on them doing that (they just prefer not to eat healthily), are weight loss drugs an ethical use of public funds, assuming they do improve health.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Chilling. Grok spreads White genocide misinformation about South Africa. Whilst many white farmers have been murdered, the truth is, your risk of death by violent crime as a poor black person in places like the Cape Flats is much higher: archive.ph/2025.05.17-1...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.

submitted 46 days ago • 2285 comments

In the UK and Europe, we call it "Austerity". In America they call it #DOGE, and celebrate it prancing around with a chainsaw as the world's richest man takes away 10s of thousands of middle class jobs, and destroys hundreds of health social development projects. Evil genius.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Goodness me. Is Trump planning a war in 2027/28 already? Isn't that the only circumstance under which a 3rd term is permissible?

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

#Trump is now officially selling a “Trump 2028” hat, in the first sign of Trump wanting to run for a 3rd term. www.trumpstore.com/product/trum...

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Why are people surprised that universities are left wing spaces? When your job is not the accumulation of wealth, but to think about health, justice, humanity, and science - you care more about humanity and the just distribution of wealth than the billionaires. Being left wing is NOT an insult.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

#Tesla cars are ugly (some more than others), overpriced, and the majority shareholder has tried to buy (quite successfully) control of the free world, and decimate it. There are plenty of other electric cars. Buy those. We can't bankrupt #Musk, but collectively we can hurt him a little.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

My friend just paid his taxes in the US in the most sobering, but equally hilarious way. #Trump #IsraelPalestine #Genocide

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments