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Antivax lawyer Aaron Siri misrepresents vaccine safety testing

Vaccine scientist Stanley Plotkin coauthored a commentary on vaccine postlicensure studies. Antivax lawyer Aaron Siri tries to misrepresent it as an “admission” that vaccines aren’t safe. Predictable.

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Steve Kirsch goes off the deep end over the Moderna vaccine

Steve Kirsch got his hands on COVID-19 vaccination data from the Czech Republic, and bad data analysis ensues. This time, he’s falsely claiming that Moderna vaccines are deadlier than Pfizer vaccines, but that both are deadly.

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Donald Trump and the return of the antivax “monster shot”

Donald Trump called Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to try to gain his support. During the call, he repeated antivax tropes that he’s been repeating since 2007. A second Trump administration would be a public health disaster.

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From DAN! (Defeat Autism Now!) to DNA alteration by vaccines

Apparently Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) icon Jeff Bradstreet was claiming DNA was “permanently altering” your DNA long before COVID vaccines. Or was he? This could just be a case of mixing and matching conspiracy theories, like Garanimals.

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Dr. Pierre Kory has gone all-in on anti-statin quackery

COVID contrarian turned antivax crank Dr. Pierre Kory has now embraced statin denial quackery. His evolution from COVID contrarian to all-purpose quack is now complete.