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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Quackery

It’s still always about the grift—and the grifters

Dr. Simone Gold, leader of grifters
Dr. Simone Gold, founder of America's Frontline Doctors.

Early in the pandemic, America’s Frontline Doctors made a splash promoting hydroxychloroquine. They then turned to running an ivermectin prescription mill. Now they’re suing each other. It’s always about the grift.

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine Politics Quackery

It’s always about the grift

Snake Oil and Grift
While it's true that many, if not most, snake oil salesmen believe in their quackery, it's also always about the grift.

Hawkers of ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, and other “miracle cures” for COVID-19 are just like snake oil salesmen going back to time immemorial. Sure, many, if not most, of them believe in their quackery, but it’s also always about the grift.

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine Skepticism/critical thinking

CGGCGG: The latest new-old wrinkle in the COVID-19 “lab leak” conspiracy theory

Is this where the "lab leak" came from, with CGGCGG? Probably not.

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial claiming that the sequence CGGCGG in SARS-CoV-2 means that the coronavirus must be engineered. It’s utter nonsense.

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Bad science Computers and social media Quackery

Generation Rescue: Rebranding in service of autism grift?

Generation Rescue President Jenny McCarthy
Jenny McCarthy, President of Generation Rescue

When it comes to pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, quackery, and antivaccine nonsense, remember that, very frequently, it’s all about the grift. Even when it’s not, the grift inevitably takes over.