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Oprah tries (unsuccessfully) to distance herself from Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil

Oprah Winfrey at the Golden Globe Awards
Oprah Winfrey at the Golden Globe Awards

For decades, Oprah paved the way for MAHA, promoting quackery and making Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz celebrities. Now, she’s trying (unsuccessfully) to distance herself from them.

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Antivaccine nonsense Politics Popular culture

MAHA: The “we’re not antivax” mask has been dropped

Del Bigtree
Del Bigtree making the incredibly unexpected revelation that he is antivax.

Del Bigtree and and the MAHA Institute embrace being proudly antivax. I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Popular culture

The Four Horseman of the Woo-pocalypse join President Trump to spread autism pseudoscience and quackery

RFK Jr and Donald Trump: MAHA? Measles?
RFK Jr and Donald Trump.

On Monday, the Four Horsemen of the Woo-pocalypse joined President Trump to blame autism on acetaminophen use during pregnancy. They couldn’t resist adding antivax misinformation as well.

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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 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.