"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).

Category: Antivaccine nonsense

“Gold Standard Science” on vaccines? More like gold-plated nonsense

Post author By Orac
Post date August 11, 2026
20 Comments on “Gold Standard Science” on vaccines? More like gold-plated nonsense

Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., executive order, vaccines — Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., plotting to make infectious diseases great again.

Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order on vaccines. It’s a repackaging of antivax tropes that will make infectious diseases great again.

Tags Andrew Wakefield, antivaccine, Autism, Donald Trump, MMR, MMR vaccine, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Politics Popular culture

MAHA: The “we’re not antivax” mask has been dropped

Post author By Orac
Post date November 10, 2025
47 Comments on MAHA: The “we’re not antivax” mask has been dropped

Del Bigtree and and the MAHA Institute embrace being proudly antivax. I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.

Tags 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

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The Four Horseman of the Woo-pocalypse join President Trump to spread autism pseudoscience and quackery

Post author By Orac
Post date September 24, 2025
34 Comments on The Four Horseman of the Woo-pocalypse join President Trump to spread autism pseudoscience and quackery

RFK Jr and Donald Trump: MAHA? Measles? — RFK Jr and Donald Trump.

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.