"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: pseudoscience

Keith Olbermann: Played for a fool by the antivaccine movement

Post author By Orac
Post date February 12, 2009
95 Comments on Keith Olbermann: Played for a fool by the antivaccine movement

Stick a fork in Keith Olbermann. He’s done. He has now officially degenerated into a liberal version of Rush Limbaugh, except that Rush Limbaugh is occasionally funny. Maybe he’s more like Sean Hannity, particularly in his apparent dedication to the truth, or, rather, lack thereof. Hannity detests liberals and will immediately attack on the slightest […]

Tags David Kirby, Keith Olbermann, pseudoscience, Rupert Murdoch, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

The Geiers go dumpster-diving yet again

Post author By Orac
Post date March 6, 2006
193 Comments on The Geiers go dumpster-diving yet again

Mark and David Geier, the père et fils duo of antivaccine pseudoscientists once again go dumpster diving in the VAERS database, using it for purposes for which it was not intended to “prove” vaccines cause autism.

Tags antivaccine, Autism, bad science, David Geier, Mark Geier, pseudoscience, thimerosal, Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, vaccines, VAERS

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