"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

Category: Politics

“New school” anti-(COVID-19)-vaxxers are all-in on “old school” vaccines-cause-autism antivax

Post author By Orac
Post date May 17, 2023
107 Comments on “New school” anti-(COVID-19)-vaxxers are all-in on “old school” vaccines-cause-autism antivax

Over the last month, Orac has noticed that “new school” COVID-19 antivaxxers are rediscovering old school “vaccines cause autism” pseudoscience in a huge way. Also, there’s transphobia. Lots of transphobia. WTF is going on?

Tags antivaccine, Autism, Brian Hooker, Clay Clark, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, Donald Trump, nattokinase, Neil Z. Miller, Peter McCullough, quackery, Reawaken America, Stephanie Seneff, Steve Kirsch, trans, transgender, vaccine, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Politics Popular culture Skepticism/critical thinking

Quoth antivaxxers: “Big pharma got Tucker Carlson!”

Post author By Orac
Post date April 28, 2023
108 Comments on Quoth antivaxxers: “Big pharma got Tucker Carlson!”

Tucker Carlson was fired on Monday. Antivaxxers are blaming big pharma because he had aired a segment attacking Pfizer and its COVID-19 vaccine.

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

Dr. Joseph Ladapo: Busted lying with statistics about COVID-19 vaccines

Post author By Orac
Post date April 26, 2023
300 Comments on Dr. Joseph Ladapo: Busted lying with statistics about COVID-19 vaccines

Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida Surgeon General — To paraphrase Florida Surgeon General Dr. Ladapo elsewhere: "Don't worry. Just eat right, lose weight, exercise, and get vaccinated (but ONLY if you want to). Everything will be alright." Also: vaccines are killing young men. Also: "I changed the study."

Surprise! Surprise! Politico has busted Dr. Joseph Ladapo for having altered a Florida Department of Health study to lie with statistics and make COVID-19 vaccines look more dangerous than COVID-19 for men under 40.

Tags antivaccine, clinical trials, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, epidemiology, Florida Department of Health, Joseph Ladapo, quackery, Ron DeSantis, statistics, Tracy Høeg, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

Lying with statistics in Florida, COVID-19 vaccine edition

Post author By Orac
Post date April 12, 2023
70 Comments on Lying with statistics in Florida, COVID-19 vaccine edition

Remember that Florida Department of Health study that suggested that COVID-19 vaccines were more dangerous to young men than COVID? Surprise! It turns out that important results were left out, all to lie with statistics and make the vaccines look worse.

Tags antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, epidemiology, Florida, Florida Department of Health, Joseph Ladapo, myocarditis, Ron DeSantis, vaccine, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

Something I never thought I’d see: RFK Jr. is apparently running for President

Post author By Orac
Post date April 6, 2023
126 Comments on Something I never thought I’d see: RFK Jr. is apparently running for President

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is apparently planning to challenge President Biden for the Democratic Presidential nomination. WTF is going on?

Tags 2024 Presidential Election, antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Marianne Williamson, RFK Jr., Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Steve Bannon, vaccines

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