We are a group of four skeptics from the Atropos Skeptical Society who share our critical perspective on the world around us.We have discussions, examine facts and share our views to promote critical thinking and a rational approach to life. Our view:We try to evaluate current events in the Czech Republic in a skeptical and…
Author: pan Psax
Member of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia & Czech Skeptics' Club Sisyfos, founding member of the Meaning of (Skeptical) Life podcast, secular humanist. Father of one new man. Television post-production by profession. And he is on BigPharma and Soros payroll.
Czech fast and cheap Covid-19 vaccine
At first – quick numbers: 8275 confirmed cases, 5058 recovered and 290 dead in Czech Republic. “SARS-CoV-2-CZ-Preval” Study shows that the degree of immunization of the Czech population is very low. In the most affected localities does not reach the value of 4% – 5%. 27000 tested people revealed 107 positive cases.The big news is…
Homeopathy is not officially recognized medical practice
Homeopathy is not a medical service, there is no scientific evidence, the court ruled this month. At the beginning there was a fine of almost €2.000 imposed by the Regional Council of the Zlín Region on a woman who provided homeopathy counseling. The fine was confirmed by the Ministry of Health. Both administrative bodies assume…
Minister of Health, homeopath
Minister of Health of the Czech Republic cautiously opposes the TCM and fails to fight homeopathy. Even worse, he advocates it. Let’s take a quick look into modern history of homeopathy in the Czech Republic:
Short report on measles situation in Czech Republic
The situation is not critical but also not good. Vaccination rates are declining, the number of cases of infection is rising. 94 patients has measles just in Prague since the beginning of the year: children and adolescents up to eighteen – 31 cases (9 children vaccinated, 6 was under 13 months of age and 16…
Catholic Church vs. Istanbul Convention
Czech Rep. is still struggling with the ratification of the Istanbul Convention (Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence). Three changes in Czech law are still waiting to be accepted – penalties for forced marriages, forced sterilization and the adjustment of the limitation period for prosecution for female circumcision. There is…
TCM in a tight corner
Good news, everyone! For three years the TCM ambulance has been operating at the Hradec Kralové’s University hospital. However, the planned TCM Center’s construction stopped. The new large Center was originally planned as a part of the hospital structures, but in March the Health Ministry’s expert group decided that it could remain at the originally planned…
The present legal status of the TCM in the Czech Republic
“Endowment Fund to Support Traditional Chinese Medicine and Alternatives” in Prague is preparing commencement of operations of “TCM infocenter”. 20.6.2018 happened one of actions connected with this affair. It was Czech-Chinese meeting of people of various professions. Diplomats involved.Prof. JUDr. Ivo Telec, CSc. had a speech named “The present legal status of the TCM in the Czech Republic”…
AKTIP, dangerous alternative medicine scam
There is (not only) one alternative medicine case in Czech republic which could be the igniter for an strong effort to a legislation change. The Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic is preparing a law on healers in these days. The ministry also wants to be able to examine if the healers did not…
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