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Medicine Politics

America’s Quack (now CMS Administrator) Dr. Oz goes authoritarian quack…again

Dr. Oz recently advocated “cooperation” with food companies to “make America healthy again.” His call for “cooperation” was really a threat, and his message to poor Americans has been that you don’t deserve healthcare unless you prove yourself “worthy.”

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Quackery

Dr. Pierre Kory promotes an old lie about vaccines and SIDS

Dr. Pierre Kory name-checked me in a post falsely claiming that vaccines cause SIDS. I finally get around to responding.

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Antivaccine nonsense Politics

“Voices of the Vaccine-injured”: Old school antivax nonsense on steroids

Yesterday, Sen. Ron Johnson held a hearing, “Voices of the Vaccine-injured.” As expected, the misinformation and conspiracy theories flowed.

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Antivaccine nonsense Politics

Antivaxxers will testify before a Senate committee…again

Sen. Ron Johnson is at it again, this time promoting an antivax hearing called Voices of the Vaccine Injured at the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

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Announcements Antivaccine nonsense Politics Popular culture

Shameless self-promotion better late than never: 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.