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Ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine, take 3: Conspiracy theories and grift

Ivermectin and fraud?

As the drip-drip-drip of negative evidence for ivermectin against COVID-19 continues to roll in, conspiracy theorists are doubling down. Why? It’s always about the grift.

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Ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19, take 2: FLCCC conspiracies

The FLCCC flogs ivermectin, fellow

The other day, I discussed why ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine:, basically a “miracle cure” that isn’t. The FLCCC, a group of COVID-19 “brave maverick doctors,” brings the conspiracies.

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine Skepticism/critical thinking

CGGCGG: The latest new-old wrinkle in the COVID-19 “lab leak” conspiracy theory

Wuhan Institute of Virology: Is this where the "lab leak" came from? Highly unlikely.

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial claiming that the sequence CGGCGG in SARS-CoV-2 means that the coronavirus must be engineered. It’s utter nonsense.

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Legal thuggery: A favored technique by disinformation merchants to silence critics

Legal thuggery vs. Lady Justice

What do Didier Raoult, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Portuguese quacks have in common? They’re using legal thuggery to silence criticism.

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine

The latest antivax lie from Peter McCullough, Mike Adams, and RFK Jr.: “COVID-19 vaccines are killing people!!!!”

Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines

The latest antivaccine disinformation, spread by Peter McCullough, Mike Adams, and RFK Jr., consists of pointing to the large numbers of reports of death (and other adverse events) to the VAERS database. It’s an old antivax deception.