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The Four Horseman of the Woo-pocalypse join President Trump to spread autism pseudoscience and quackery

RFK Jr and Donald Trump: MAHA? Measles?
RFK Jr and Donald Trump.

On Monday, the Four Horsemen of the Woo-pocalypse joined President Trump to blame autism on acetaminophen use during pregnancy. They couldn’t resist adding antivax misinformation as well.

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Antivaccine nonsense Politics

Antivaxxers will testify before a Senate committee…again

US Capital Building

Sen. Ron Johnson is at it again, this time promoting an antivax hearing called Voices of the Vaccine Injured at the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Medicine Politics Popular culture Quackery

I saw RFK Jr.’s press conference on autism and…

RFK Jr. gonna need a bigger boat for autism
Me, starting to watch RFK Jr.'s press conference on autism.

…yikes! I haven’t had a chance to watch all of RFK Jr.’s press conference, but what I’ve seen…yikes. I’m gonna need a bigger blog. While I’m working on it, though, feel free to vent!

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Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment can kill

hyperbaric oxygen chambers

On Friday, a hyperbaric oxygen chamber exploded, killing a five-year-old child being treated at an “integrative” clinic. Quackery kills.

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine Politics Popular culture

Dr. Vinay Prasad gaslights his readers about RFK Jr. ‘s role in the deadly Samoa measles outbreak

RFK Jr.'s letter to the Samoan Prime Minister
RFK Jr.'s letter to the Samoan Prime Minister in November 2019, right during the deadliest part of the measles outbreak.

One of many shameful incidents in the life of antivax activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was his promotion of anti-MMR fear mongering during a measles epidemic in Samoa. Now that he could become HHS Secretary, his apologists are frantically trying to gaslight you. Here’s how.