Dr. Dalrymple returns to The Oldie with a piece commenting on a recent Canadian study concerning the success of medical surgeries being impacted by their timing during the week.

Please note that this essay is behind a paywall at this time.

It is easier to start a health scare than to end one. Likewise, it’s easier to raise public anxieties than to calm them. Perhaps the clearest example is the worldwide panic over the alleged link between the MMR vaccine and childhood autism. No matter how many times the original research is shown to have been faulty to the point of fraud, a residue of suspicion remains in the public mind– to damaging effect.