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John Ioannidis vs. the “science Kardashian” and critics of the Great Barrington Declaration

Kim Kardashian
It's time for the Kardahsian index and John Ioannidis, round two.

John Ioannidis’ “science Kardashian” article is the bad science that keeps demonstrating why we should have no superheroes in science. Ideology can warp any of us.

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“Science Kardashians” versus the Great Barrington Declaration?

"Science Kardashians"?

John Ioannidis has used a satirical bibliometrics index to portray Great Barrington Declaration signatories, who argue for a “natural herd immunity” approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, as the underdogs mobbed by “science Kardashians.” Why?

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Popular culture Pseudoscience

The Guardian: “Explaining” vaccine hesitancy by amplifying antivax disinformation

Why does The Guardian publish nonsense like this by Musa al-Gharbi?
Why does The Guardian publish nonsense like this by Musa al-Gharbi?

Writing in The Guardian, Musa al-Gharbi tries to explain vaccine hesitancy to “the left.” Unfortunately, he parrots antivax conspiracy theories to do it.

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The Brownstone Institute: Promoting antivaccine misinformation in Africa

Brownstone Institute founder Jeffrey Tucker
Brownstone Institute founder Jeffrey Tucker smiles because his Great Barrington Declaration has, for all intents and purposes, won, with vaccination rates low and infections among children high. "Natural herd immunity," baby!

The signatories of the Great Barrington Declaration and its “spiritual child” the Brownstone Institute, swear up and down that they are not anttivaccine. If that’s so, why are Brownstone-affiliated academics spreading antivaccine misinformation in Uganda (and everywhere else)?

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Anne Frank: RFK Jr. now versus RFK Jr. in 2015

Anne Frank: NOT an antivaccine icon
Contrary to what RFK Jr. insinuated, Anne Frank didn't have it better than antivaxxers do now.

At the Defeat the Mandates rally on Sunday, RFK Jr. invoked Anne Frank in an antivaccine speech. Then he apologized. Shorter RFK Jr.: “Oops, I did it again!” Why is anyone surprised? This has always been RFK Jr.’s MO.