"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).

Tag: 2024 Presidential Election

Antivaccine nonsense Politics

RFK Jr. suspends his campaign and backs Donald Trump. Quelle surprise.

Post author By Orac
Post date August 24, 2024
48 Comments on RFK Jr. suspends his campaign and backs Donald Trump. Quelle surprise.

Donald Trump meets with RFK Jr. — Donald Trump and RFK Jr. (along with Mike Pence) in 2016 during the presidential transition period.

Yesterday, antivaxxer turned independent Presidential candidate RFK Jr, suspended his campaign and backed Donald Trump, to the surprise of no one. Almost certainly, there was a quid pro quo.

Tags 2024 Presidential Election, antivaccine, Donald Trump, election, Joseph Biden, Kamala Harris, politics, RFK, RFK Jr., Robert F. Kennedy Jr., vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

RFK Jr. has a brainworm? This explains an awful lot

Post author By Orac
Post date May 10, 2024
39 Comments on RFK Jr. has a brainworm? This explains an awful lot

A New York Times article reports that in his divorce proceedings a decade ago, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. argued that hais earning potential had decreased because he had had a brainworm. This explains an awful lot.