Sadly, no, but the author is also not a journalist. From her attribution at the bottom: "Lucy Shewell, PhD, is a research scientist in the field of molecular mi

Sadly, no, but the author is also not a journalist. From her attribution at the bottom: "Lucy Shewell, PhD, is a research scientist in the field of molecular microbiology." Science Based Medicine was also founded by scientific skeptics, so "refreshing skeptical assertions" will be the norm there.