"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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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science

Prions. Why did it have to be prions?

Post author By Orac
Post date March 18, 2024
42 Comments on Prions. Why did it have to be prions?

Prions. Why did it have to be prions? (Again.) The antivax trope that vaccines cause prion disease is an old one, and antivaxxers are trying desperately to resurrect it to apply to COVID-19 vaccines.

Tags 2nd Smartest Guy in the World, Adam Gaertner, Alex Berenson, Alzheimer’s disease, antivaccine, Bill Maher, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Dementia, Kevin McCairn, Kevin McKernan, prion, prions, Sid Belzberg, Tippens protocol, vaccines

Cancer Medicine Quackery

Fenbendazole: I’m having flashbacks to laetrile and Stanislaw Burzynski

Post author By Orac
Post date March 11, 2024
14 Comments on Fenbendazole: I’m having flashbacks to laetrile and Stanislaw Burzynski

Antivaxxers who “repurposed” deworming drugs like ivermectin and fenbendazole are peddling cancer “miracle cure” testimonials that remind me of laetrile and Stanislaw Burzynski. Truly, everything old is new again.

Tags 2nd Smartest Guy in the World, antivaccine, breast cancer, cancer, cancer cure, chemotherapy, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, fenbendazole, Joe Tippens, mebendazole, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, quackery, Tippens protocol, triple negative breast cancer

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