Tag: SARS-CoV-2

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
March 16, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Bayes’ Theorem, COVID-19, design detection, evolution, intelligent design, natural processes, Nature Medicine, New York Times, Nicholas Wade, pandemic, peer review, SARS-CoV-2, spike protein, Thomas Bayes, viruses}

COVID-19 Meets Intelligent Design

_{Cornelius Hunter
March 16, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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To summarize, the authors use a terrible design hypothesis, and make ever-escalating claims of certainty from two weak observations. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 28, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, 2019-nCoV, body plans, Charles Darwin, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, Design Inference, disease, DNA, Edward Jenner, epidemic, evolution, evolutionary biologists, genetic engineers, Ignác Semmelweis, intelligent design, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, living cell, macroevolution, MERS-CoV, Michael Dini, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, molecular biology, mutations, natural selection, Nature Medicine, New York Post, On the Origin of Species, organs, oxygen, pandemic, quarantine, RNA, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, smallpox, species, Theodosius Dobzhansky, viruses, World Health Organization, Wuhan}

#5 Story of 2020: Coronavirus, Intelligent Design, and Evolution

_{Jonathan Wells
December 28, 2020

Medicine

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The measures being taken against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic owe nothing to evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Date
November 13, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, antibodies, bioRxiv, camelids, camels, clinical trials, COVID-19, genetic engineering, Hebrew University, Immune System, intelligent design, pandemic, Regeneron, SARS-CoV-2, Science (journal), University of California San Francisco, University of Pittsburgh, vaccine, viruses}

A Biomimetics Cure for COVID-19? Thank This Llama

_{Science and Culture
November 13, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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What appears to have great prospects for widespread, safe deployment of an inhalable anti-coronavirus therapy comes from an unlikely source. Read More ›

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Date
October 30, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Carl Sagan, compassion, COVID, Darwinists, David Sloan Wilson, disgust, Herbert Spencer, human nature, materialists, Michael Egnor, Nancy Pearcey, pandemic, PNAS, political correctness, Sam Harris, SARS-CoV-2, stereotypes, Steven Pinker, theism, Theodosius Dobzhansky, viruses}

Whitewashing Evolution with Borrowed Paint

_{Science and Culture
October 30, 2020

Evolution

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A team of known materialistic Darwinists promotes their helpfulness in solving the pandemic, but to do so, they steal values from outside their toolkit. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 13, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Adam Shapiro, bats, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, Current Biology, Darwinism, embryos, field work, intelligent design, lice, moths, Nature (journal), Nature Microbiology, pandemic, sampling, SARS-CoV-2, scientists, spike protein}

There’s Implicit ID Research on COVID-19; What About Explicit?

_{Michael Egnor
August 13, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

5}

The reason for the relative silence on the origin of COVID by explicit ID scientists is simple. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 12, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Adam Shapiro, American Scientist, Centers for Disease Control, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinism, human agency, intelligent design, National Institutes of Health, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, specified complexity, viruses, WHO}

What Intelligent Design Research on COVID-19 Would Look Like

_{Michael Egnor
August 12, 2020

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Is there evidence for intelligent human agency in COVID-19, given its structure and what is known about its emergence? Read More ›

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Date
April 14, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Andrew McDiarmid, Charles Darwin, coronavirus, COVID-19, Discovery Institute, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, medicine, On the Origin of Species, podcast, SARS-CoV-2, species, The Myth of Darwinian Medicine (series)}

Evolution, Intelligent Design, and the Coronavirus: Biologist Jonathan Wells Explains

_{Science and Culture
April 14, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

1}

Does modern evolutionary theory guide medicine’s response to COVID-19? Not when you consider that most of the major treatments being used and pursued actually preceded Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 3, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, antibiotics, bone marrow, cancer, chemotherapy, chills, clinical practice, cough, Darwinian medicine, Darwinism, Ernst Mayr, evolutionary biologists, exercise, fever, Immune System, infection, malaria, medical science, natural selection, obesity, oncologists, pandemic, Randolph Nesse, SARS-CoV-2, The Myth of Darwinian Medicine (series)}

The Myth of “Darwinian Medicine”

_{Michael Egnor
April 3, 2020

Evolution, Medicine

6}

The very admission that Darwinism has had no role in medical science is a telling argument not for its inclusion, but for its irrelevance. Read More ›

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post

Date
April 1, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Apollo moon landings, bacteria, bacteriophages, capsid, cell machinery, cell membrane, COVID-19, crystals, DNA, Elizabeth Pennisi, ID the Future, intelligent design, lipid bilayer, Michael Behe, molecular motor, proteins, Purdue University, RNA, SARS-CoV-2, Science (journal), snowflakes, U.C. Riverside, U.C. San Diego, vaccine, viruses}

Viruses: An Intelligent Design Perspective

_{Science and Culture
April 1, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Certainly, in a context of global anxiety, this is a subject that needs to be approached with sensitivity and humility. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 31, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, cancer, conspiracy theory, coronavirus, Darwinists, disease, evolution, functional complexity, genetic engineering, intelligent design, natural selection, Nature Medicine, PZ Myers, SARS-CoV-2}

Did COVID-19 Virus Evolve by Natural Selection?

_{Michael Egnor
March 31, 2020

Biology, Evolution

3}

Natural selection, if understood as undirected variation and differential reproductive success, is a destructive process. Read More ›