"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: facemask

Antivaxxers aren’t just antivaccine. They’re anti-public health.

Post author By Orac
Post date December 2, 2020
107 Comments on Antivaxxers aren’t just antivaccine. They’re anti-public health.

Why have antivaxxers allied themselves with COVID-19 deniers? Simple. Both share an unrelenting hostility to public health interventions.

Tags antivaccine, COVID denial, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, facemask, Health Freedom Ohio, lockdown, masks, Michelle Cotterman, pandemic, public health, SARS-CoV-2, vaccines

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No, the Americans With Disabilities Act doesn’t say shop owners have to let maskless people into their stores

Post author By Orac
Post date July 6, 2020
156 Comments on No, the Americans With Disabilities Act doesn’t say shop owners have to let maskless people into their stores

Antimask activists falsely claim they have medical problems that mean that they don’t have to wear masks and, further, that the American with Disabilities Act protects them. They’re wrong.

Tags ADA, Americans With Disabilities Act, antimask, antivaccine, COVID-19, facemask, featured, mask

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