"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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FLCCC co-founder Paul Marik has gone full cancer quack

Post author By Orac
Post date July 8, 2024
37 Comments on FLCCC co-founder Paul Marik has gone full cancer quack

FLCCC co-founder Dr. Paul Marik has gone full cancer quack, deceptively disparaging chemotherapy to promote his grift of “repurposed drugs.” Everything old is new again.

Tags 2nd Smartest Guy in the World, adjuvant chemotherapy, cancer, chemotherapy, FLCCC, Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance, integrative oncology, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, Paul Marik, quackery, repurposed medication, The Vigilant Fox

Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine

Midazolam as “euthanasia” for COVID, or the most brain-dead paper I’ve ever read?

Post author By Orac
Post date May 2, 2024
53 Comments on Midazolam as “euthanasia” for COVID, or the most brain-dead paper I’ve ever read?

Billy Madison midazolam — You are about to read about something for which this little clip is perfectly appropriate.

A recent paper, amplified by antivax bloggers and John Campbell, claims that midazolam killed many COVID-19 patients in the UK as a result of “euthanasia.” My brain hurts from reading such stupidity.

Tags 2nd Smartest Guy in the World, Alfred Russell Wallace, antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines, excess death, John Campbell, midazolam, Office of National Statistics, ONS, vaccines, Versed, Wilson Sy

Antivaccine nonsense Bad science

Prions. Why did it have to be prions?

Post author By Orac
Post date March 18, 2024
42 Comments on Prions. Why did it have to be prions?

Prions. Why did it have to be prions? (Again.) The antivax trope that vaccines cause prion disease is an old one, and antivaxxers are trying desperately to resurrect it to apply to COVID-19 vaccines.

Tags 2nd Smartest Guy in the World, Adam Gaertner, Alex Berenson, Alzheimer’s disease, antivaccine, Bill Maher, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Dementia, Kevin McCairn, Kevin McKernan, prion, prions, Sid Belzberg, Tippens protocol, vaccines

Cancer Medicine Quackery

Fenbendazole: I’m having flashbacks to laetrile and Stanislaw Burzynski

Post author By Orac
Post date March 11, 2024
14 Comments on Fenbendazole: I’m having flashbacks to laetrile and Stanislaw Burzynski

Antivaxxers who “repurposed” deworming drugs like ivermectin and fenbendazole are peddling cancer “miracle cure” testimonials that remind me of laetrile and Stanislaw Burzynski. Truly, everything old is new again.

Tags 2nd Smartest Guy in the World, antivaccine, breast cancer, cancer, cancer cure, chemotherapy, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, fenbendazole, Joe Tippens, mebendazole, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, quackery, Tippens protocol, triple negative breast cancer

Antivaccine nonsense Cancer Medicine Quackery

Are ivermectin and fenbendazole the new laetrile? (Part two: ivermectin)

Post author By Orac
Post date February 12, 2024
5 Comments on Are ivermectin and fenbendazole the new laetrile? (Part two: ivermectin)

Ivermectin propaganda — This is an example of propaganda that promotes ivermectin as a cure for COVID-19. (It's also being promoted for cancer.)

Last week, I noticed fenbendazole being “repurposed” to treat cancer. Now it’s ivermectin. Truly, in the age of COVID-19 these two drugs are the new laetrile.

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