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Edzard Ernst
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Ex-musician, medic (MD, PhD), scientist (H-Index = 157), blogger (edzardernst.com), tri-lingual author of books + articles, columnist for DIE WELT + L'EXPRESS
Medical & HealthCambridge UK; Penmarch, Franceedzardernst.comBorn January 30, 1948Joined March 2009

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The severe pitting in this 19th-century skull is the direct result of tertiary (last stage) syphilis. Sometimes referred to as "Cupid's Disease," syphilis was fatal before the discovery of penicillin in 1928. Photo: Medical Museion in Copenhagen, Denmark.
A photo of a skull. At the front are many small holes and pitting.
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Our European neighbours now look at post-Brexit Britain and say simply: nein, danke. GDP down 5.2%; Investment down 13.7%; Trade intensity down 15%; More bureaucracy - exports to EU down by 22.9%; Disintegrating the UK - Scotland, Northern Ireland;
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Soso, AfD-Chef von Cuxhafen wegen Kokainschmuggels angeklagt. Wollte er ein neues Deutsches Schneekönigreich aufbauen ?? Die Partei für"Recht und Ordnung" hat Mal wieder bewiesen wie glaubwürdig sie ist! #AfDVerbotSofort #FCKAfD #AfDzerstoertDeutschland
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Breaking News Holocaust survivor challenges Home Secretary/Sacked national security breeches/Home Secretary Suella Braverman over her disgraceful rhetoric towards refugees. You won’t be shocked to see that the creepy broomstick enthusiast Braverman point blank refuses.
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BREAKING: a Holocaust survivor just confronted Suella Braverman to say: your hateful language has consequences
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How devoid of humanity do you have to be to tell a holocaust survivor that you won't apologize for using the same type of language which they have just told you was used against their family and friends as they were murdered? Braverman never ceases to find new lows
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MICHELLE MONE Husband to be in Spanish court accused of "approving payment of £5.5m payment from Spanish company to UK Axis V for NO SERVICES Cash paid & transferred days later to “someone unknown” but to his benefit" Company went bust Hundreds lost jobs
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If any of this is true, why did you describe the Brexit deal you negotiated and recommended to parliament as “excellent?”
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It was @Keir_Starmer & his friends who forced the Surrender Act on us in 2019. That destroyed our leverage & stopped us fixing the N Ireland issue properly then. The only purity cult was in these ideologues' efforts to sabotage the referendum. theguardian.com/politics/2023/
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"I would strongly urge patients to disregard his comments, which seem to be more concerned with furthering his profile (he does not have a cardiology career to speak of) rather than the wellbeing of the public." 🔥
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This is gross. Utterly gross. It’s possible that the full, unedited answer might offer some mitigation but Braverman’s defence of using Nazi vocabulary to talk about refugees, in response to a Holocaust survivor, is just horrific.
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