"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: coronavirus

“Censorship!”: The common bogus complaint of science deniers

Post author By Orac
Post date November 13, 2020
55 Comments on “Censorship!”: The common bogus complaint of science deniers

Once more, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. cries “Censorship!” over efforts to counter COVID-19 and antivaccine disinformation. Hilarity ensues.

Tags antimask, antivaccine, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, Del Bigtree, disinformation, Joseph Mercola, pandemic, RFK Jr., Robert F. Kennedy Jr., SARS-CoV-2, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery

Antivax pediatrician Dr. Larry Palevsky hops on the COVID-19 denial grift train

Post author By Orac
Post date November 6, 2020
89 Comments on Antivax pediatrician Dr. Larry Palevsky hops on the COVID-19 denial grift train

In “COVID-19 EXPOSED,” antivax pediatrician Dr. Larry Palevsky has pivoted effortlessly to COVID-19 quackery and denial, same as it ever was for antivaxxers.

Tags conspiracy theory, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, integrative medicine, Jason Shurka, Lawrence Palevsky, SARS-CoV-2

Homeopathy Medicine Quackery

Of course, homeopaths are promoting homeopathy for COVID-19

Post author By Orac
Post date November 4, 2020
17 Comments on Of course, homeopaths are promoting homeopathy for COVID-19

Quacks gonna quack, and grifters gonna grift, which is why it’s no surprise that homeopaths are pushing homeopathy for COVID-19.

Tags coronavirus, COVID-19, homeopaths, homeopathy, SARS, SARS-CoV-2

Bad science Complementary and alternative medicine Integrative medicine Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Quackademic medicine, COVID-19 edition, part 1: Magic amulets

Post author By Orac
Post date October 30, 2020
127 Comments on Quackademic medicine, COVID-19 edition, part 1: Magic amulets

“Quackademic medicine” is a term coined to describe the increasing infiltration of pseudoscience and quackery into medical academia. Unsurprisingly, we’re starting to see quackademic medicine turn its attention to COVID-19. In this case, traditional Chinese medicine is invoked to claim that magic amulets might prevent COVID-19,

Tags amulet, coronavirus, COVID-19, indigenous knowledge systems, indigenous medicine, indigenous ways of knowing, pandemic, quackademia, quackademic medicine, Retraction Watch, SARS-CoV-2, traditional Chinese medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Bad science Medicine Politics Popular culture Skepticism/critical thinking

AIER likens anti-“lockdown” cranks to abolitionists. Hilarity ensues

Post author By Orac
Post date October 29, 2020
68 Comments on AIER likens anti-“lockdown” cranks to abolitionists. Hilarity ensues

Cranks love a heroic persecution narrative, and the climate science-denying right wing think tank American Institute of Economic Research (AIER) has a doozy: COVID-19 “anti-lockdown” cranks like Scott Atlas and those behind the Great Barrington Declaration are the new abolitionists! This is a page from the antivax playbook.

Tags AIER, American Institute for Economic Research, antivaccine, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, Focused Protection, Fugitive Slave Act, Great Barrington Declaration, herd immunity, lockdown, persecution, SARS-CoV-2, slavery, Stacey Rudin, vaccines

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