"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: pseudohistory

Dr. Vinay Prasad goes full Godwin over COVID-19 public health measures

Post author By Orac
Post date October 4, 2021
165 Comments on Dr. Vinay Prasad goes full Godwin over COVID-19 public health measures

Nazis — They're coming to vaccinate you and make you wear masks forever!

Dr. Vinay Prasad predicts the end of American democracy (just like Nazi Germany) due to the erosion of rights due to COVID-19 restrictions. It does not go well, thanks to his exaggeration and lack of understanding of history.

Tags COVID, COVID denial, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, Hitler Zombie, Holocaust, Holocaust denial, Nazi Germany, pseudohistory, Vinay Prasad, water fast

Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine History Holocaust denial Medicine Paranormal Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

2016: The year bullshit was weaponized

Post author By Orac
Post date December 30, 2016
61 Comments on 2016: The year bullshit was weaponized

Conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, quackery, and belief in things that can be objectively demonstrated not to be true have always been with us. Unfortunately, 2016 was the year that this bullshit was weaponized, and we may never recover.

Tags antivaccine, bullshit, conspiracy theories, Donald Trump, pseudohistory, pseudoscience, quackery, skepticism, vaccines

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