"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).

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Beijing proposes criminalizing “slander” or “libel” against TCM

Post author By Orac
Post date June 3, 2020
61 Comments on Beijing proposes criminalizing “slander” or “libel” against TCM

TCM Shop — Traditional Chinese medicine is science? Not really...

China has long promoted the sale and use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Now the city of Beijing wants to criminalize criticism of TCM.

Tags Beijing, COVID-19, featured, pandemic, pseudoscience, quackery, SARS-CoV-2, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional medicine, WHO, World Health Organization, Wuhan

Antivaccine nonsense Autism Bad science Medicine Popular culture Pseudoscience

Brian Hooker and Neil Z. Miller publish another terrible “vaxxed/unvaxxed” study

Post author By Orac
Post date May 29, 2020
213 Comments on Brian Hooker and Neil Z. Miller publish another terrible “vaxxed/unvaxxed” study

Brian Hooker and Neil Z. Miller, two antivaccine propagandists disguising themselves as scientists, published yet another terrible “vaxxed/unvaxxed” study purporting to show unvaccinated children are healthier. How awful was the study? Let Orac tell you!

Tags antivaccine, Autism, Brian Hooker, cohort study, developmental delay, ear infection, featured, Neil Z. Miller, quackery, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

COVID-19: A magnet for medical conspiracy theories

Post author By Orac
Post date May 26, 2020
106 Comments on COVID-19: A magnet for medical conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories are at the heart of nearly all medical pseudoscience, be it antivaccine beliefs or quackery. COVID-19 has been a magnet for conspiracy theories.