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The Brownstone Institute vs. “vaccine fanatics” in The Epoch Times

Fanatics
No, Martin Kulldorff and Jay Bhattacharya weren't likening vaccine advocates to the K-pop group Fanatics. They were likening them to real fanatics, as in zealots.

Brownstone Institute flacks Martin Kulldorff and Jay Bhattacharya swear they are “not antivaccine.” Why, then, are they echoing a very old antivax trope by claiming “vaccine fanatics” are making people antivaccine? In The Epoch Times, yet?!

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MMS (a.k.a. bleach) as a “cure” for COVID-19

MMS, a.k.a. bleach
Bleach does not cure COVID-19—or anything else, for that matter.

Bleach…it had to be…bleach. Again. This time around, it’s being used to treat COVID-19, because of course it is. MMS is a slasher quackery. No matter how often it appears to have died, it always returns for another installment in its quackery franchise.

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Urgency of Normal, the Great Barrington Declaration, and the antivax movement

Florida antivax antimask "Urgency of Normal"
Besides the horrible image, what was also horrible was the presence of all manner of COVID-19 cranks, including antimaskers and antivaxxers.

On Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis convened a roundtable including “Urgency of Normal,” Great Barrington Declaration authors, and antivaxxers. This was no coincidence, given the common talking points and causes between the groups.

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Return of the revenge of the COVID vaccine “spike” in your DNA

Slasher lies
Claims like this remind me of slashers in horror movies. They always come back after apparently having "died."

Claims that COVID-19 vaccines “permanently alter your DNA” were resurrected recently based on a dubious study. No matter how many times you think this myth has been debunked, it always comes back for another installment of the same misinformation franchise.

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“Debate” and “censorship” vs. quality control

Mom says you have to debate me

Efforts to hold COVID-19 disinformation-spreading physicians accountable are leading to increasing calls by cranks for a “debate” with them. This is a disinformation tactic, not an honest call for debate.