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Antivaccine nonsense Politics

“Voices of the Vaccine-injured”: Old school antivax nonsense on steroids

Yesterday, Sen. Ron Johnson held a hearing, “Voices of the Vaccine-injured.” As expected, the misinformation and conspiracy theories flowed.

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Antivaccine nonsense Politics

Antivaxxers will testify before a Senate committee…again

Sen. Ron Johnson is at it again, this time promoting an antivax hearing called Voices of the Vaccine Injured at the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

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Shameless self-promotion better late than never: Anti-Vax America

I can’t believe it’s been nearly four weeks since the podcast went live and I forgot to plug it, but Orac was interviewed for the It Could Happen Here podcast.

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Antivaccine nonsense Politics Pseudoscience

RFK Jr. guts ACIP to pack it with antivaxxers

As predicted, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired all the members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Watch him replace them with antivaxxers. I hope you’re up to date on your vaccines.

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Scott Adams vs. a cancer quack

“Dilbert” creator Scott Adams recently revealed that he has stage 4 prostate cancer. He tried to treat it with cancer quack William Makis’ protocol and realized that quackery doesn’t work, leading Makis to attack the victim.