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

Senator Ron Johnson
Senator Ron Johnson.

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

US Capital Building

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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Announcements Antivaccine nonsense Politics Popular culture

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

Anti-Vax America
It really could happen here: 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

Hot dog meme. Kennedy and confidence in vaccines
Quoth RFK Jr. about the decline in confidence in vaccines among the public: "We're all trying to find the guy who did this."

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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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Popular culture

The soft eugenics of MAHA: RFK Jr. on autism and Dr. Oz on your patriotic duty to be healthy

MAHA eugenics

Last month I referred to the “soft eugenics” of RFK Jr. and MAHA. More recently, he and Dr. Oz provided new examples, one about autism, the other about public health.