Drs. Vladimir Zelenko and Stephen Smith have been claiming that hydroxychloroquine is a miracle drug based on anecdotes. Their shoddy, poorly reported case series are not evidence of efficacy.
Category: Pseudoscience
No, the flu vaccine does not increase your chance of getting coronavirus by 36% due to viral interference
An antivaccine meme claiming that, because of viral interference, the flu vaccine increases the risk of coronavirus by 36%. It's a lie based on a cherry-picked result of a negative study and confusing benign coronavirus with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
An embarrassing paean to reiki in The Atlantic
For some inexplicable reason, The Atlantic published an embarrassing paean to the mystical magical woo that is reiki.
COVID-19 pandemic: A golden opportunity for quackery
COVID-19 is upon us. Unfortunately, quacks view the coronavirus pandemic not as a threat, but as an opportunity.
Vaccines didn’t cause the obesity epidemic, RFK Jr.’s lies not withstanding
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. published an article claiming that vaccines and glyphosate are responsible for the obesity epidemic. Too bad he cited the work of longtime antivaccine cranks.
Confusion reigns over implementation of SB 276 and SB 714. Is Gov. Newsom to blame?
Last year, California passed SB 276 and SB 714 to crack down on bogus medical exemptions to school vaccine mandates by quacks. Now, confusion reigns over implementation and Gov. Newsom's wife is playing footsie with antivaxxers.
L’Ordre des Médecins suspends the French medical license of a member of fake médecine for speaking out against homeopathy
fake médecine is a French doctors' group that issued an open letter opposing government funding for homeopathy. French homeopaths complained to l'Ordre des Médecins, which this week suspended its president's medical license for three months.
The latest attempt by the antivaccine movement to use religion to oppose school vaccine mandates
Antivaxxers frequently claim that their objection to vaccines is based on their religion. Another attempt to frame opposition to school vaccine mandates as religious freedoms is making the rounds.
Dr. Lawrence Palevsky: An antivaccine pediatrician who’s an endless font of misinformation
Dr. Lawrence Palevsky is an antivaccine pediatrician. His recent testimony before the Connecticut legislature, which is being touted on antivaccine websites, shows just how antivax he is.
Jennifer Block and Elisa Albert in the NYT: “Misogyny and the patriarchy are why skeptics attack Goop!”
Jennifer Block and Elisa Albert defend the quackery and pseudoscience and quackery sold by Goop by accusing its critics of misogyny and engaging in whataboutism. It does not go well.