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Antivaccine nonsense

The ultimate antivax conspiracy theory

Toby Rogers takes big pharma conspiracy mongering to the next level, claiming it will cause an intentional economic crisis.

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Antivaccine nonsense Pseudoscience Quackery

Pierre Kory: “Poor poor pitiful me! (And ABIM is corrupt!)”

Earlier this month, COVID-19 quack Dr. Pierre Kory was told that the American Board of Internal Medicine had recommended removing his board certification. Kory’s answer? ABIM is corrupt!

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Antivaccine nonsense Cancer Medicine

Dr. William Makis: Promoting the nonsense that is “turbo cancer”

A prominent oncologist and cancer biologist, Wafik El-Deiry, recently amplified claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause “turbo cancer,” wanting a “civil discourse about science and actual answers that are missing.” Unfortunately, calls for “civil discourse” by an eminent oncologist about unfounded claims only lends undeserved credibility to them. So, once more into the fray…

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Antivaccine nonsense Clinical trials Medicine Skepticism/critical thinking

Retracted papers never die in the age of COVID-19

Last month, a study showed that papers about COVID-19 that are retracted tend to be cited far more than average and continue to be heavily cited after retraction. Clearly, scientific publishing and the scientific community need to do better.

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine Skepticism/critical thinking

Toby Rogers knows statistics but not vaccines

Toby Rogers is an economist. He knows multivariate statistics. He doesn’t know epidemiology and pharmacovigilance. Does that stop him from fear mongering about vaccines? You know the answer!