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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

Antivax lawyer Aaron Siri misrepresents vaccine safety testing

Aaron Siri
Antivax lawyer Aaron Siri. (It doesn't get much more antivax than Del Bigtree's group ICAN.)

Vaccine scientist Stanley Plotkin coauthored a commentary on vaccine postlicensure studies. Antivax lawyer Aaron Siri tries to misrepresent it as an “admission” that vaccines aren’t safe. Predictable.

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine

Steve Kirsch goes off the deep end over the Moderna vaccine

Misinformation superspreaderr Kirsch challenging scientific consensus
Steve Kirsch: Misinformation superspreader. He means it ironically, but in fact it is an accurate description of what he’s become as he "challenges" the scientific consensus.

Steve Kirsch got his hands on COVID-19 vaccination data from the Czech Republic, and bad data analysis ensues. This time, he’s falsely claiming that Moderna vaccines are deadlier than Pfizer vaccines, but that both are deadly.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

Donald Trump and the return of the antivax “monster shot”

Donald Trump meets with RFK Jr.
Donald Trump and RFK Jr. (along with Mike Pence) in 2016 during the presidential transition period. I never thought I'd be writing about these two meeting again.

Donald Trump called Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to try to gain his support. During the call, he repeated antivax tropes that he’s been repeating since 2007. A second Trump administration would be a public health disaster.

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Medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Access Consciousness: Energy medicine woo and new phrenology

Access Consciousness and Bars
Access Consciousness and Access Bars: Pure quackery and modern phrenology.

Access Consciousness claims to show how to improve your mental and physical health by touching 32 Access Bars on your scalp. It’s basically phrenology reborn and fused with “energy medicine.”

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine

From DAN! (Defeat Autism Now!) to DNA alteration by vaccines

Bradstreet vs. DNA?
Jeff Bradstreet addressing the Autism One quackfest.

Apparently Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) icon Jeff Bradstreet was claiming DNA was “permanently altering” your DNA long before COVID vaccines. Or was he? This could just be a case of mixing and matching conspiracy theories, like Garanimals.