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Bioethics Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery Surgery

Confidence, humility, and practicing science-based surgery

After having subjected my readers to all those posts about the antivaccination lunacy that was on display in Washington, D.C. last week, I think it’s time for a break from this topic, at least for a while if not longer. In the run-up to the “Green Our Vaccines” rally events on the antivaccinationism front were […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

“Green Our Vaccines”: The fallacy of the perfect solution

Don’t worry, faithful readers, my blogging about the “Green Our Vaccines” rally last week is reaching its end. If my poor neurons can take it, there are still the speeches of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Dr. Jay Gordon to be commented on in one more post (the latter of whom I used to consider […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Friday Woo Medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Your Friday Dose of Woo: Kissing whales healing dolphins, or: Two great woos that taste great together–again

I’m tired. I apologize in advance if I’m not as–shall we say?–energetic as usual this week. I’m sure you’ll understand. After all, I just spent the last three days subjecting myself to the most toxic and concentrated woo known to humankind. If you’re a regular reader here, you clearly know what I’m talking about, namely […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

“Green Our Vaccines”: Celebrity antivaccinationist ignoramuses on parade. Or: I didn’t know that Dumb & Dumber was a documentary

(Note: In the photo above, the guy in the sunglasses behind Jim Carrey is our old friend Dr. Jay Gordon, Santa Monica antivaccinationist-sympathetic pediatrician to the beautiful people. He’s the one with his tongue sticking out.) It’s worse than I thought. In seeing the first bits of video last night from the “Green Our Vaccines” […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Politics Quackery

“Green Our Vaccines”: Serendipity and schadenfreude as antivaccinationists go to war

I know I’ve been whining a lot about how blogging about antivaccinationists has taken over here of late. The reason, of course, is the “Green Our Vaccines” rally taking place in Washington, D.C. as this post first appears in your newsfeed. Yesterday, I wrote about how “Green Our Vaccines” is a sham and nothing more […]