"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).

Tag: adenovirus

The New York Times flubs it discussing COVID-19 vaccine injury

Post author By Orac
Post date May 13, 2024
69 Comments on The New York Times flubs it discussing COVID-19 vaccine injury

A poorly framed article on people who believe they suffered vaccine injury is being trumpeted by antivaxxers. The New York Times definitely flubbed it this time.

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Popular culture Science Skepticism/critical thinking

Sputnik-V: A Russian con job on its COVID-19 vaccine

Post author By Orac
Post date August 12, 2020
82 Comments on Sputnik-V: A Russian con job on its COVID-19 vaccine

Sputnik-V is not like the original Sputnik, except politically

Yesterday, Russia announced its approval of Sputnik-V, what Vladimir Putin dubs as the first COVID-19 vaccine. It’s propaganda, a con job, given that no data were presented and there have been no phase 3 trials.

Tags adenovirus, coronavirus, COVID-19, Jesse Gelsinger, Russia, SARS-CoV-2, Sputnik-V, vaccine, Vladimir Putin

Biology Cancer Clinical trials Medicine Science Skepticism/critical thinking

Overselling preclinical results

Post author By Orac
Post date September 17, 2012
15 Comments on Overselling preclinical results

As part of my ongoing effort to make sure that I never run out of blogging material, I subscribe to a number of quack e-mail newsletters. In fact, sometimes I think I’ve probably overdone it. Every day, I get several notices and pleas from various wretched hives of scum and quackery, such as NaturalNews.com, Mercola.com, […]

Tags adenovirus, Alexander Masters, Magnus Essand, oncolytic virus

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