"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).

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

Post author By Orac
Post date November 10, 2025
47 Comments on MAHA: The “we’re not antivax” mask has been dropped

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

Tags antivaccine, Brian Hooker, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Del Bigtree, MAHA, MAHA Institute, make America healthy again, Mark Gorton, Mary Holland, Moment of Truth, quackery, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine

Steve “Debate me, bro” Kirsch is at it again with SIDS and The Great Autism Debate

Post author By Orac
Post date September 30, 2023
40 Comments on Steve “Debate me, bro” Kirsch is at it again with SIDS and The Great Autism Debate

Tech bro turned COVID-19 conspiracy theorist and antivaxxer is back spreading more misinformation about vaccines and SIDS.

Tags antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, detective, Helen Grus, Jennifer, Neil Miller, police, police officer, sids, Steve Kirsch, sudden infant death syndrome, sudden unexpected infant death, SUIDS, vaccine, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine

Autism prevalence increases to 1 in 36, and antivaxxers freak out…again

Post author By Orac
Post date April 3, 2023
31 Comments on Autism prevalence increases to 1 in 36, and antivaxxers freak out…again

The CDC updated its estimates for the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders. Predictably, antivaxxers blame the increasing prevalence of ASDs reported, particularly in Black children, on “environmental factors,” which is antivax code for, “Vaccines are to blame.”

Tags antivaccine, Autism, autism spectrum disorder, Children's Health Defense, Cynthia Nevison, environment, Mark Blaxill, prevalence, racial disparities, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., SafeMinds, Sallie Bernard, The Defender, Toby Rogers, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Pseudoscience

SIDS, SADS, death and destruction: Antivaxxers resurrect an old lie to bolster a new lie

Post author By Orac
Post date June 15, 2022
77 Comments on SIDS, SADS, death and destruction: Antivaxxers resurrect an old lie to bolster a new lie

With antivaxxers blaming sudden adult death syndrome (SADS) on COVID-19 vaccines, of course, they’re citing SIDS now as being caused by MMR.

Tags Age of Autism, antivaccine, DPT, Gary Goldman, measles, MMR, mumps, Neil Miller, rubella, SADS, sids, Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, sudden infant death syndrome, Vaccine Court, vaccines, William Gaunt

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Popular culture

Antivaxxers vs. FDA’s VRBPAC and CDC’s ACIP.

Post author By Orac
Post date December 6, 2021
20 Comments on Antivaxxers vs. FDA’s VRBPAC and CDC’s ACIP.

The FDA’s VRBPAC and the CDC’s ACIP are the two committees that approve vaccines in the US and issue recommendations regarding who should receive which vaccine and when. Predictably, after the recent recommendation that children 5-11 receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is portraying committee members as thralls of big pharma.

Tags ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Children's Health Defense, COVID, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 quackery, COVID-19 vaccine, Jon Rappoport, Pfizer, RFK Jr., Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Toby Rogers, Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, VRBPAC

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