"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: Autism

Antivaxers in the wake of SB 276 and SB 714

Post author By Orac
Post date September 12, 2019
192 Comments on Antivaxers in the wake of SB 276 and SB 714

After the passage of SB 276 and SB 714, antivaxers are very unhappy. They show this by likening vaccine mandates to 9/11 and claiming they know the “real reason” for them, big pharma and government “punishing” them and taking away their rights.

Tags antivaccine, Richard Pan, SB 276, SB 714, Ted Kuntz, Thinking Moms' Revolution

Antivaccine nonsense Autism Bad science Medicine Pseudoscience Skepticism/critical thinking

The L.A. Times: Painfully false balance on antivax pediatrician Dr Bob Sears

Post author By Orac
Post date September 4, 2019
308 Comments on The L.A. Times: Painfully false balance on antivax pediatrician Dr Bob Sears

Yesterday, Melody Gutierrez published a profile of antivax pediatrician Dr. Bob Sears in the L.A. Times. Unfortunately, it’s the worst case of false balance about vaccines or an antivaxer that I’ve seen in a long time.

Tags antivaccine, Bob Sears, L.A. Times, Melody Gutierrez, SB 276, SB 277, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Autism Bad science Computers and social media Medicine Popular culture Pseudoscience

Antivaccine activity on Twitter: It’s not entirely what you think

Post author By Orac
Post date August 30, 2019
97 Comments on Antivaccine activity on Twitter: It’s not entirely what you think

Twitter is a favorite place for antivaxers to promote their message. A recent study suggests how the antivaccine Twitter community has changed.

Tags antivaccine, Twitter, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Autism Bad science Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery

Ann Dachel and Sayer Ji inadvertently show that antivax pseudoscience never changes

Post author By Orac
Post date August 23, 2019
195 Comments on Ann Dachel and Sayer Ji inadvertently show that antivax pseudoscience never changes

Ann Dachel of the antivaccine blog Age of Autism and Sayer Ji of GreenMedInfo inadvertently demonstrate how with antivaccine pseudoscience the more things change the more they stay the same.