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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

A self-proclaimed EBM expert rushes to kiss RFK Jr.’s conspiracy-spewing posterior

Dr. Vinay Prasad kisses RFK Jr.'s posterior.

He claims to be a “not antivax” expert in evidence-based medicine, but COVID-19 contrarian Dr. Vinay Prasad sure seems eager to kiss antivax conspiracy monger Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s posterior—and embrace his MAHA agenda.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Quackery

RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be a catastrophe for public health and medical research

RFK Jr. being RFK Jr.
RFK Jr.

President-Elect Donald Trump has nominated antivax activist, conspiracy theorist, and all around crank Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. We are so screwed.

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Antivaccine nonsense Cancer Medicine Quackery

Michael Yeadon turns on ivermectin, and hilarity ensues

Let Them Fight
This is what Orac always says about crank fights.

Antivaxxer Michael Yeadon helped initiate and popularize the myth that COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility. Now he’s turned on ivermectin, the favorite quack cure for COVID-19, and I’m here for it.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Quackery

Better late than never, the ABIM finally revokes two board certifications

The ABIM vs. Pierre Kory and Paul Marik
Drs. Pierre Kory and Paul Marik's conception of themselves doesn't quite match the ABIM conception of what they are.

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has finally revoked the Board certifications of two prominent COVID quacks, Drs. Paul Marik and Pierre Kory. What took so long?

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RFK Jr. is incredibly bizarre

Bear and RFK Jr.

The New Yorker published a story reporting that RFK Jr. picked up a bear cub killed by a car and dumped it in Central Park as a joke. WTF? I knew that RFK Jr. and his antivax conspiracy theories were bizarre, but WTF?