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RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE - "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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Del Bigtree and and the MAHA Institute embrace being proudly antivax. I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.
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antivaccine , Brian Hooker , COVID-19 , COVID-19 vaccine , Del Bigtree , MAHA , MAHA Institute , make America healthy again , Mark Gorton , Mary Holland , Moment of Truth , quackery , Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , vaccines
On Monday, the Four Horsemen of the Woo-pocalypse joined President Trump to blame autism on acetaminophen use during pregnancy. They couldn’t resist adding antivax misinformation as well.
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acetaminophen , Andrew Wakefield , antivaccine , Autism , autism biomed , Donald Trump , Jay Bhattacharya , leucovorin , Martin Makary , Mehmet Oz , pseudoscience , quackery , Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , Tylenol , vaccines
Dr. Oz recently advocated “cooperation” with food companies to “make America healthy again.” His call for “cooperation” was really a threat, and his message to poor Americans has been that you don’t deserve healthcare unless you prove yourself “worthy.”
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America's quack , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , Chronic Disease , CMS , Department of Health and Human Services , fda , HHS , MAHA , make America healthy again , Martin Makary , Medicaid , Medicare , Mehmet Oz , obesity , RFK Jr. , Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Dr. Pierre Kory name-checked me in a post falsely claiming that vaccines cause SIDS. I finally get around to responding.
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A Midwestern Doctor , antivaccine , COVID-19 , COVID-19 vaccine , infant mortality , Pierre Kory , sids , sudden infant death syndrome , sudden unexplained infant death , Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System , vaccines
Yesterday, Sen. Ron Johnson held a hearing, “Voices of the Vaccine-injured.” As expected, the misinformation and conspiracy theories flowed.
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antivaccine , Brian Hooker , Children's Health Defense , Christina Tarsell , Corbyn Cordingly , COVID-19 , COVID-19 vaccine , Emily Tarsell , Eric Stein , influenza , influenza vaccine , Krystle Cordingley , Mary Holland , MMR , Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations , Polly Tommey , pulmonary hypertension , Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , Robert Sullivan , Ron Johnson , Serese Marotta , US Senate , vaccine , vaccines , Voices of the Vaccine Injured