"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: COVID-19 vaccines

Steve Kirsch goes off the deep end over the Moderna vaccine

Post author By Orac
Post date July 20, 2024
11 Comments on Steve Kirsch goes off the deep end over the Moderna vaccine

Misinformation superspreaderr Kirsch challenging scientific consensus — Steve Kirsch: Misinformation superspreader. He means it ironically, but in fact it is an accurate description of what he’s become as he "challenges" the scientific consensus.

Steve Kirsch got his hands on COVID-19 vaccination data from the Czech Republic, and bad data analysis ensues. This time, he’s falsely claiming that Moderna vaccines are deadlier than Pfizer vaccines, but that both are deadly.

Tags antivaccine, bad epidemiology, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19 vaccines, Czech Republic, epidemiology, Moderna, Pfizer, Steve Kirsch, vaccine, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

Rasmussen Reports eagerly plumbs Steve Kirsch-levels of antivax stupid

Post author By Orac
Post date June 14, 2024
5 Comments on Rasmussen Reports eagerly plumbs Steve Kirsch-levels of antivax stupid

Rasmussen Reports is, ostensibly, a polling organization. Why does its most recent poll look like something an antivaxxer like Steve Kirsch dreamed up? Because it’s not legit. It’s propaganda.

Tags antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19 vaccines, poll, polls, pollster, Rasmussen, Rasmussen Reports, Steve Kirsch, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine

Steve Kirsch: Vaccines cause The Trans and The Gay!

Post author By Orac
Post date May 3, 2024
79 Comments on Steve Kirsch: Vaccines cause The Trans and The Gay!

Just when I thought Steve Kirsch couldn’t get any more ridiculous, he does another online survey linking vaccines to The Gay and The Trans, this one even more risibly incompetent than his usual.

Tags antivaccine, bad science, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines, gay, gender dysphoria, gender-affirming care, homosexual, lesbian, LGBTQ+, Steve Kirsch, Substack, survey, transgender, vaccines

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 Medicine Quackery

Big antivax sites amplify Paul Thacker’s hit piece on Dr. Allison Neitzel

Post author By Orac
Post date April 6, 2024
29 Comments on Big antivax sites amplify Paul Thacker’s hit piece on Dr. Allison Neitzel

A week ago, Dr. Allison Neitzel posted an “apology” to some particularly odious antivax quacks. Predictably, the big antivax sites went into high gear to use the forced apology to amplify attacks on her.

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