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Cureus retracted his article, and now Steve Kirsch is suing

Post author By Orac
Post date March 7, 2024
44 Comments on Cureus retracted his article, and now Steve Kirsch is suing

Cureus retracted a misinformation-packed paper. Now Steve Kirsch and its authors are threatening to sue for $250 million. Hilarity quickly ensued.

Tags antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, Cureus, Gregg Gonsalves, Jessica Rose, John Moore, M. Nathaniel Mead, Peter McCullough, Retraction Watch, Russ Wolfinger, Springer Nature, Stephanie Seneff, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Pseudoscience

Cureus shockingly does the right thing and retracts an antivax review about COVID-19 vaccines

Post author By Orac
Post date February 20, 2024
47 Comments on Cureus shockingly does the right thing and retracts an antivax review about COVID-19 vaccines

A misinformation-laden review article in Cureus by prominent antivax activists that called for a moratorium on COVID vaccination has been retracted. What took so long, and how could such a paper been published in the peer-reviewed literature in the first place?

Tags antivaccine, COPE, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, Cureus, Jessica Rose, Kris Denhaerynck, M. Nathaniel Mead, Maddie de Garay, mRNA, mRNA vaccine, Nature, quackery, retraction, Russ Wolfinger, Springer, Steve Kirsch, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine

Antivaxxers write about “lessons learned” but know nothing

Post author By Orac
Post date January 26, 2024
90 Comments on Antivaxxers write about “lessons learned” but know nothing

Antivaxxers just published another antivax review about “lessons learned” claiming that COVID-19 vaccines cause more harm than good. Yawn.

Tags antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, Cureus, Jessica Rose, Kris Denhaerynck, M. Nathaniel Mead, mRNA, mRNA vaccine, Peter McCullough, Russ Wolfinger, SAS, Stephanie Seneff, Steve Kirsch, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine

Antivax lies about vaccines and infant mortality, 12 years later

Post author By Orac
Post date February 20, 2023
66 Comments on Antivax lies about vaccines and infant mortality, 12 years later

Since COVID-19, in the antivax world everything old is new again. That’s right, Gary S. Goldman and Neil Z. Miller are back to defend their 2011 infant mortality “study” and RFK Jr. is flogging it as slam-dunk “evidence” that vaccines kill babies.

Tags antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Gary Goldman, homoscedasticity, infant mortality, infant mortality rate, Michael Nevradakis, Neil Miller, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., vaccines, Walter Schumm

Antivaccine nonsense Cancer Medicine

“Contamination” of COVID vaccines with SV40: The stupidity continues

Post author By Orac
Post date July 20, 2023
24 Comments on “Contamination” of COVID vaccines with SV40: The stupidity continues

It’s ba-ack. Dr. Peter McCullough has latched onto a recent claim that COVID-19 vaccines are contaminated with cancer-causing “SV40.” It’s all biobabble bereft of understanding of basic molecular biology. Again.

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