"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

President Trump and “just asking questions” about disinfectants and UV light to treat COVID-19

Post author By Orac
Post date April 24, 2020
103 Comments on President Trump and “just asking questions” about disinfectants and UV light to treat COVID-19

Last night, President Trump remarked about somehow getting disinfectants or light “inside” the body could kill coronavirus. Hilarity ensued, but his inadvertent promotion of COVID-19 quackery is deadly serious.

Tags bad science, bleach, coronavirus, COVID-19, disinfectant, Donald Trump, featured, hydrogen peroxide, miracle mineral solution, Miracle Mineral Supplement, pseudoscience, SARS-CoV-2, UV blood irradiation

Bad science Medicine Politics Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery

Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil’s COVID-19 denial: Oprah has a lot to answer for

Post author By Orac
Post date April 17, 2020
197 Comments on Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil’s COVID-19 denial: Oprah has a lot to answer for

COVID-19 denial by Dr. Phil on Laura Ingraham's show

For some reason, Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil have decided to bolster Fox News’ COVID-19 denial and disinformation by adding to its whataboutism and false dilemmas. Oprah Winfrey has a lot to answer for.

Tags COVID denial, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, Dr. Phil McGraw, FOX News, Laura Ingraham

Bad science Clinical trials Medicine Politics Popular culture Pseudoscience

Hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19: Science-based medicine has no chance against Donald Trump, Peter Navarro, and Dr. Oz

Post author By Orac
Post date April 6, 2020
109 Comments on Hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19: Science-based medicine has no chance against Donald Trump, Peter Navarro, and Dr. Oz

President Trump’s COVID-19 advisors include Dr. Oz, Rudy Giuliani, and Peter Navarro, the latter an economist who thinks he can science better than Anthony Fauci. Can science- and evidence-based medicine prevail with respect to hydroxychloroquine and coronavirus?

Tags azithromycin, chloroquine, clinical trials, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, hydroxychloroquine, Peter Navarro, politics, Rudy Giuliani, SARS-CoV-2

Bad science Bioethics Clinical trials Medicine Politics Popular culture Pseudoscience

Drs. Vladimir Zelenko and Stephen Smith: Abandoning evidence-based medicine to promote unproven drugs for COVID-19

Post author By Orac
Post date April 3, 2020
113 Comments on Drs. Vladimir Zelenko and Stephen Smith: Abandoning evidence-based medicine to promote unproven drugs for COVID-19

Drs. Vladimir Zelenko and Stephen Smith have been claiming that hydroxychloroquine is a miracle drug based on anecdotes. Their shoddy, poorly reported case series are not evidence of efficacy.

Tags azithromycin, chloroquine, clinical trials, COVID-19, Donald Trump, FOX News, hydroxychloroquine, Laura Ingraham, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, Stephen Smith, Vladimir Zelenko

Bad science Clinical trials Medicine Politics Popular culture Skepticism/critical thinking

The FDA’s emergency use authorization of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19: Dangerous politics, not science

Post author By Orac
Post date April 1, 2020
80 Comments on The FDA’s emergency use authorization of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19: Dangerous politics, not science

Levi Quackenboss, COVID-19 with spike protein, and hydroxychloroquine

Yesterday, the FDA issued emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroqine and chloroquine to treat COVID-19. Politics, not science, is why.

Tags chloroquine, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, fda, Food and Drug Administration, hydroxychloroquine, SARS-CoV-2

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