"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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Thacker parrots an old antivax trope: “Vaccines are magic!”

Post author By Orac
Post date July 20, 2022
21 Comments on Thacker parrots an old antivax trope: “Vaccines are magic!”

Paul Thacker's view of vaccines — Paul Thacker thinks vaccine advocates consider vaccines magic and religion that none dare criticize.

Paul Thacker proclaims, “Vaccines are magic!” and likens them to religion that you can’t criticize. This is an old antivax narrative that he’s now parroting.

Tags Age of Autism, Alex Berenson, antivaccine, Aseem Malhotra, COVID, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Jon Rappoport, Levi Quackenboss, Mike Adams, Paul Thacker, Pfizer, pharma, religion, Steve Kirsch, The BMJ, vaccines, Ventavia

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Pseudoscience Quackery

AAPS joins the legal thuggery against medical standards

Post author By Orac
Post date July 15, 2022
3 Comments on AAPS joins the legal thuggery against medical standards

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons: A medical John Birch Society.

The crank fake medical professional society Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed a lawsuit this week against medical specialty boards seeking to rein in COVID-19 misinformation. Coupled with previous suits, I can’t help but see this legal thuggery as increasingly coordinated with prior lawsuits by right wing groups.

Tags AAPS, American Board of Family Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Andrew Schlafly, antivaccine, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Department of Homeland Security, Disinformation Governance Board, Homeland Security Advisory Council, quackery, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

Richard Jaffe brings the antivax legal assault on state medical boards to California

Post author By Orac
Post date July 12, 2022
27 Comments on Richard Jaffe brings the antivax legal assault on state medical boards to California

Dr. Douglas Mackenzie, represented by Richard Jaffe — "Whatchoo talkin' about, Willis?" Yes, before his lawsuit, Dr. Mackenzie appeared in VAXXED videos.

Cancer quack Stanislaw Burzynski’s former lawyer Richard Jaffe is suing the Medical Board of California for disciplining Dr. Douglas Mackenzie for spreading COVID-19 misinformation. The antivax assault on state medical boards with legal thuggery continues apace.

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

Paul Thomas and the antivax legal assault on state medical boards

Post author By Orac
Post date July 8, 2022
21 Comments on Paul Thomas and the antivax legal assault on state medical boards

Dr. Paul Thomas vaxxed vs unvaxxed — Dr. Paul Thomas

The Oregon Medical Board restricted and disciplined antivax pediatrician Paul Thomas. He’s striking back with a $35 million frivolous lawsuit. Is this the wave of the future as state medical boards try to protect the public from antivax doctors?

Tags antivaccine, antivax, Brave Maverick Doctor, COVID, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, James Lyons-Weiler, lawsuit, legal threat, legal thuggery, Oregon Medical Board, Paul Thomas, state medical board, tetanus, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine Skepticism/critical thinking

Norman Fenton: “It’s not p-hacking if you don’t use p-values.”

Post author By Orac
Post date July 1, 2022
916 Comments on Norman Fenton: “It’s not p-hacking if you don’t use p-values.”

Defending an awful paper on COVID-19 vaccine adverse events, Prof. Norman Fenton claims that it can’t be p-hacking if you don’t use p-values. Hilarity ensues.

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