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Cureus retracted his article, and now Steve Kirsch is suing

Steve Kirsch is suing
Cureus retracted his paper, and now Steve Kirsch demands...250 MILLION DOLLARS. Muahahahaha.

Cureus retracted a misinformation-packed paper. Now Steve Kirsch and its authors are threatening to sue for $250 million. Hilarity quickly ensued.

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The hypervaccinated man who should be dead (according to antivaxxers)

Hypervaccinated HIM
That's a lot of vaccinations!

A man “hypervaccinated” with 217 COVID-19 vaccines has been in the news lately. According to antivaxxers, he should be dead (or in bad shape), but he’s doing fine.

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The antivax bizarro world view of vaccine safety studies

Vaccine safety bizarro world

Antivaxxers have weaponized a huge multinational vaccine safety study of 99 million patient records that found rare adverse events and concluded that the risks of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh the benefits. How? A combination of the Nirvana fallacy and spin.

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The ultimate antivax conspiracy theory

Conspiracy theories

Toby Rogers takes big pharma conspiracy mongering to the next level, claiming it will cause an intentional economic crisis.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Quackery

Antivax quacks: It’s always (also) about the grifter and grift

FLCCC Alliance quacks and grift
One typical group of antivax grifters doing their thing via Zoom.

When it comes to the behavior of antivax quacks, I like to say: Come for the quackery and ideology, stay for the grift. A Washington Post story this week confirms this characterization.