"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: Bill Gates

Anne Frank: RFK Jr. now versus RFK Jr. in 2015

Post author By Orac
Post date January 26, 2022
77 Comments on Anne Frank: RFK Jr. now versus RFK Jr. in 2015

Anne Frank: NOT an antivaccine icon — Contrary to what RFK Jr. insinuated, Anne Frank didn't have it better than antivaxxers do now.

At the Defeat the Mandates rally on Sunday, RFK Jr. invoked Anne Frank in an antivaccine speech. Then he apologized. Shorter RFK Jr.: “Oops, I did it again!” Why is anyone surprised? This has always been RFK Jr.’s MO.

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No, mRNA COVID-19 vaccines do NOT “hack the software of life”

Post author By Orac
Post date April 12, 2021
39 Comments on No, mRNA COVID-19 vaccines do NOT “hack the software of life”

Antivaxxers and COVID-19 conspiracy theorists were always going to spin conspiracies about COVID-19 vaccines. Unfortunately, some scientists have made it so much easier for them by having likened mRNA vaccines to “hacking the software of life” and being unclear on what gene therapy is.

Tags antivaccine, Bill Gates, BioNTech, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, David Martin, gene therapy, hack, hacking, Joseph Mercola, Moderna, mRNA, Pfizer, RNA, vaccines

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CCDH report shows that antivaxxers coordinate COVID-19 vaccine fear mongering

Post author By Orac
Post date January 22, 2021
139 Comments on CCDH report shows that antivaxxers coordinate COVID-19 vaccine fear mongering

The Center for Countering Digital Hate has published a report showing antivaxxers have been coordinating their COVID-19 messages. None of the messages being spread about COVID-19 vaccines are a surprise to anyone who’s been following the antivaccine movement.