RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

"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).

The latest antivaccine conspiracy theory: The novel coronavirus behind the Wuhan outbreak is due to a failed SARS vaccine

Post author By Orac
Post date January 31, 2020
86 Comments on The latest antivaccine conspiracy theory: The novel coronavirus behind the Wuhan outbreak is due to a failed SARS vaccine

Yesterday, antivaxxers were saying that the flu vaccine caused the Wuhan 2019-nCoV outbreak because of viral interference. Now the outbreak is due to a failed SARS coronavirus vaccine. Can they get their conspiracy theories straight?

Tags 2019-nCoV, Age of Autism, antivaccine, bleach, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, IPAK, James Lyons-Weiler, MERS, miracle mineral solution, mms, QAnon, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, vaccines, viral interference, virus interference, Wuhan

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Blaming the flu vaccine for the COVID-19 outbreak: The latest antivaccine misinformation

Post author By Orac
Post date January 30, 2020
164 Comments on Blaming the flu vaccine for the COVID-19 outbreak: The latest antivaccine misinformation

Antivaccine activists are blaming the coronavirus outbreak in China on—what else?—the flu vaccine, because of course they are. All they have to do is to deceptively invoke “virus interference.” So science-y!

Tags 2019-nCoV, Age of Autism, antivaccine, bleach, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, MERS, miracle mineral solution, mms, QAnon, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, vaccines, viral interference, virus interference, Wuhan

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dōTERRA Center for Integrative Oncology: St. Elizabeth Healthcare sells out to an MLM company hawking essential oils

Post author By Orac
Post date January 28, 2020
36 Comments on dōTERRA Center for Integrative Oncology: St. Elizabeth Healthcare sells out to an MLM company hawking essential oils

St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Cincinnati recently accepted $5 million from dōTERRA, an MLM company selling essential oils based on dubious claims. This is most definitely not a good look.