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“Virulent: The Vaccine War” Q&A with Dr. Novella and a familiar face

Virulent Q&A

Director/editor/producer Tjardus Greidanus, whose documentary Virulent: The Vaccine War examines the rise of the antivaccine movement before and after the pandemic, joined Dr. Novella and a certain other person for a virtual Q&A.

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Tess Lawrie: “You might not believe this, little fella, but it’ll cure your cancer too”

Frank Zappa vs. Tess Lawrie
Frank Zappa's classic song applies just as well to quacks like Tess Lawrie as it did to a fictional New Age guru 50 years ago.

In a turn that should surprise exactly no one, the BIRD Group’s Tess Lawrie effortlessly pivots from promoting ivermectin as a cure for COVID-19 to promoting it as a cure for cancer. It’s another example of how single-issue quacks almost inevitably embrace more diverse quackery.

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Sign up for a virtual screening of “Virulent: The Vaccine War”

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Virulent: The Vaccine War.

Science-Based Medicine is hosting a virtual screening of Virulent: The Vaccine War. Get your virtual ticket to stream it and be part of the Q&A with the filmmakers hosted by Drs. Gorski and Novella on Jan. 29?

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Naturopathy Quackery

Resurrecting old tropes about naturopathy

Naturopaths
Hi. You might think we're real physicians, but we're just naturopaths cosplaying real doctors.

Way back in prepandemic times, naturopaths claimed that they could help with the shortage of primary care docs. They’re doing it again in 2023. They were wrong then and are wrong now.

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If 2022 was the “year of the gaslighter,” expect a lot more gaslighting in 2023

Gaslight: The inspiration for "gaslighting"

“Gaslighting” is a term that refers to the manipulation of someone in order to lead them to question their own reality and even sanity. Last month, a COVID-19 minimizer and antivaxxer declared 2022 the “year of the gaslighter,” revealing yet again that it’s always projection with science-denying propagandists. Unfortunately, 2023 looks to hold a lot more of the same in store.