"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

Antivaxers inundate the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting

Post author By Orac
Post date February 28, 2019
425 Comments on Antivaxers inundate the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting

Kevin Tuttle and CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

Yesterday, antivaxers inundated the public comment session of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. There were only two pro-science advocates versus a host of antivaccine activists spouting pseudoscience

Tags ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Alison Singer, Alvin Moss, antivaccine, CDC, Del Bigtree, Lori Boyle, Nurses Who Vaccinate, pseudoscience, Sandra Spaetti, vaccines

Complementary and alternative medicine Integrative medicine Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery

Thomas Jefferson University goes full quack with a department of “integrative medicine”

Post author By Orac
Post date February 27, 2019
56 Comments on Thomas Jefferson University goes full quack with a department of “integrative medicine”

Quackademic medicine takes a big leap forward at Thomas Jefferson University with its new Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences.

Tags complementary and alternative medicine, Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences, integrative medicine, quackademic medicine, Thomas Jefferson University

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Religion

“Crush”-ing the victimhood gambit among antivaxers

Post author By Orac
Post date February 22, 2019
190 Comments on “Crush”-ing the victimhood gambit among antivaxers

An antivaxer by the ‘nym “Crush” at the antivaccine coffee klatch known as the Thinking Moms’ Revolution thinks that she and all antivaxers have been horribly victimized by evil pro-vexers. She’s a case of extreme Dunning-Kruger.

Tags Age of Autism vaccines, antivaccine, Crush, Thinking Moms' Revolution

Bad science Medicine Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Gary G. Kohls, MD mindlessly regurgitates misinformation about Orac

Post author By Orac
Post date February 18, 2019
105 Comments on Gary G. Kohls, MD mindlessly regurgitates misinformation about Orac

Dr. Gary Kohls — Gary G. Kohls, MD: Quack, antivaxer, and utterly unconcerned about factual accuracy.

Gary G. Kohls, MD mindlessly regurgitated an antivaccine lie about Orac. Orac responds. It does not go well for Dr. Kohls. Basically, it’s not wise to tug on Superman’s cape.

Tags antivaccine, Duluth Reader, g724, Gary G. Kohls, Gary Kohls, Mike Adams, Natural News, Orac, Truth Library

Curewell: IV hydration woo on my local news station

Post author By Orac
Post date February 7, 2019
54 Comments on Curewell: IV hydration woo on my local news station

I saw my favorite station airing an advertisement disguised as a news story for a Curewell IV HAUS, which sells IV “therapy.” I did not approve.

Tags Curewell, Curewell IV HAUS, intravenous hydration, intravenous micronutrient therapy, Myers' cocktail, WDIV

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