"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: Medicine

Better late than never, the ABIM finally revokes two board certifications

Post author By Orac
Post date August 17, 2024
6 Comments on Better late than never, the ABIM finally revokes two board certifications

The ABIM vs. Pierre Kory and Paul Marik — Drs. Pierre Kory and Paul Marik's conception of themselves doesn't quite match the ABIM conception of what they are.

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has finally revoked the Board certifications of two prominent COVID quacks, Drs. Paul Marik and Pierre Kory. What took so long?

Tags ABIM, American Board of Internal Medicine, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 quackery, FLCCC, Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance, ivermectin, Paul Marik, Pierre Kory, quackery, vaccines

Medicine Politics Popular culture

Public health science saves lives

Post author By Orac
Post date August 5, 2024
2 Comments on Public health science saves lives

Christopher Ruhm, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, cross-sectional study, epidemiology, excess deaths, excess mortality, public health, vaccines.

Tags Christopher Ruhm, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, cross-sectional study, epidemiology, excess deaths, excess mortality, public health, vaccines

Clinical trials Medicine Politics

No, “right-to-try” has not “saved thousands of lives,” contrary to Donald Trump’s claims

Post author By Orac
Post date July 29, 2024
45 Comments on No, “right-to-try” has not “saved thousands of lives,” contrary to Donald Trump’s claims

Former President Donald Trump bragged in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention that “right-to-try” had saved “thousands of lives”? I realize that his speech seems like ancient history now, but I still had to ask: What’s the real story?

Tags Cancer Treatment Centers of America, City of Hope, deregulation, Donald Trump, fda, FDA approval, Food and Drug Administration, Goldwater Institute, randomized clinical trial, right to try laws, Ron Johnson

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Quackery

Steve Kirsch had a subretinal hemmorhage. No, it wasn’t vaccines.

Post author By Orac
Post date July 27, 2024
16 Comments on Steve Kirsch had a subretinal hemmorhage. No, it wasn’t vaccines.

Tech bro turned antivaxxer Steve Kirsch recently suffered a devastating subretinal hemorrhage. While I hope he recovers his vision, antivaxxers are being antivaxxers and blaming his vision loss on vaccines.

Tags angiogenesis, angiogenesis inhibitor, antivaccine, bromelain, cancer, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, faricimab-svoa, floaters, Holocaust denial, nattokinase, ophthalmology, quackery, Steve Kirsch, subretinal hemorrhage, Vabysmo, vaccine, vaccines, Welcometheeagle88

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

Antivax lawyer Aaron Siri misrepresents vaccine safety testing

Post author By Orac
Post date July 22, 2024
8 Comments on Antivax lawyer Aaron Siri misrepresents vaccine safety testing

Vaccine scientist Stanley Plotkin coauthored a commentary on vaccine postlicensure studies. Antivax lawyer Aaron Siri tries to misrepresent it as an “admission” that vaccines aren’t safe. Predictable.

Tags Aaron Siri, antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, post-licensure surveillance, Stanley Plotkin, Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, vaccine safety, Vaccine Safety Datalink, vaccines, VAERS

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