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Cancer Medicine

Antivax cancer quacks go “orthomolecular”

Orthomolecular cancer quackery1

Antivaxxers have gone full cancer quack. This time, they’re peddling “orthomolecular medicine” nonsense in the form of a bad study. Same as it ever was.

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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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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Popular culture Quackery

The FDA just handed quacks a massive propaganda victory on ivermectin

FDA on ivermectin

Last week, quacks were crowing that the FDA had “lost its war” on ivermectin. Ivermectin still doesn’t work against COVID-19. but by settling a lawsuit the way it did, the FDA did hand quacks and antivaxxers a massive propaganda victory that they will regret for years to come.

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Antivaccine nonsense Cancer Medicine Quackery

Are ivermectin and fenbendazole the new laetrile? (Part two: ivermectin)

Ivermectin propaganda
This is an example of propaganda that promotes ivermectin as a cure for COVID-19. (It's also being promoted for cancer.)

Last week, I noticed fenbendazole being “repurposed” to treat cancer. Now it’s ivermectin. Truly, in the age of COVID-19 these two drugs are the new laetrile.