"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: Pseudoscience

Andrew Wakefield 25 years later: Paving the way for FLCCC and COVID quacks

Post author By Orac
Post date March 6, 2023
40 Comments on Andrew Wakefield 25 years later: Paving the way for FLCCC and COVID quacks

Andrew Wakefield, the measles, and JPANDS — Thanks, Andy, for the measles.

It was 25 years ago last week that Andrew Wakefield launched the modern iteration of the antivaccine movement.In doing so, he laid down a template that antivax quacks today still follow.

Tags Andrew Wakefield, antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, measles, measles vaccine, MMR, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery

Nattokinase: The latest COVID-19 spike protein “detox” quackery

Post author By Orac
Post date February 25, 2023
89 Comments on Nattokinase: The latest COVID-19 spike protein “detox” quackery

The latest big thing among all the hippest COVID-19 quacks and antivaxxers is nattokinase, which is claimed to bust clots and “detox” spike protein.

Tags Colleen Huber, COVID, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Jen VanDeWater, nattokinase, Paul Alexander, Peter McCullough, quackery, spike protein

Antivaccine nonsense Movies Pseudoscience

“Virulent: The Vaccine War” Q&A with Dr. Novella and a familiar face

Post author By Orac
Post date February 10, 2023
28 Comments on “Virulent: The Vaccine War” Q&A with Dr. Novella and a familiar face

Director/editor/producer Tjardus Greidanus, whose documentary Virulent: The Vaccine War examines the rise of the antivaccine movement before and after the pandemic, joined Dr. Novella and a certain other person for a virtual Q&A.

Tags antivaccine, COVID, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, science-based medicine, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Computers and social media Medicine Pseudoscience Skepticism/critical thinking

Did Anthony Fauci have a “conflict of interest” because his wife is Chief of Bioethics at NIH?

Post author By Orac
Post date January 3, 2023
40 Comments on Did Anthony Fauci have a “conflict of interest” because his wife is Chief of Bioethics at NIH?

While Orac was off last week, Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk resurrected an antivax conspiracy theory that Anthony Fauci’s wife was “supposed to make sure” that he “behaves ethically.”

Tags Anthony Fauci, bioethics, Christine Grady, conspiracy theories, COVID contrarian, COVID denial, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, Elon Musk, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, NIAID, NIH, Twitter

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Movies Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery

“Died Suddenly”: Resurrecting the old antivax lie of depopulation

Post author By Orac
Post date November 23, 2022
748 Comments on “Died Suddenly”: Resurrecting the old antivax lie of depopulation

Everything old is new again when it comes to antivax tropes. Died Suddenly resurrects the old antivax conspiracy that vaccines kill, the plan being to cause “depopulation” that would allow “global elites” to control the world.

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