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Antivaccine nonsense Bioethics Clinical trials

An antivaxxer is creating his own bogus institutional review board (IRB)

Institutional review board or IRB

James Lyons-Weiler recently announced that his antivax org, Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge (IPAK), is creating his own IRB. Its real purpose? Most likely to provide cover for unethical antivax studies.

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science

A mouse “died suddenly” of “turbo cancer” after COVID-19 vaccination

Dr. Ryan Cole fear mongers about cancer and vaccines. ("Turbo cancer"?)

Last week, Stew Peters Tweeted out a link to a study in which a mouse “died suddenly” of “turbo cancer” after being vaccinated with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. This study is even more ridiculous than the usual “turbo cancer” study.

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Predatory open access journals and a crank mutual admiration society

It's so much fun when two super cranks meet.

I know I really shouldn’t peruse NaturalNews.com too often. It’s bad for my blood pressure, and, like many old farts on the wrong side of 50, I do have a touch of the ol’ hypertension. Reading Mike Adams’ blather risks raising that blood pressure either through causing me to laugh uproariously at the sheer idiocy […]