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The FLCCC bestows the fake title of “senior fellow” to twelve antivax quacks

Post author By Orac
Post date May 17, 2024
52 Comments on The FLCCC bestows the fake title of “senior fellow” to twelve antivax quacks

The COVID-19 quacks and grifters at the FLCCC have named twelve quacks as “senior fellow,” the better to further antivax conspiracy theories and, of course, grift.

Tags antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, fellowship, FLCCC, Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance, functional medicine, Kimball Atwood, naturopathy, pseudomedical pseudoprofessional organization, quackery, senior fellow, vaccines

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Quelle surprise. Son of TACT (TACT2) shows that chelation therapy doesn’t work for heart disease

Post author By Orac
Post date May 6, 2024
24 Comments on Quelle surprise. Son of TACT (TACT2) shows that chelation therapy doesn’t work for heart disease

Chelation therapy broom — Nope. Chelation therapy does NOT work like this to treat blockages due to atherosclerosis. In fact, it doesn't work at all, despite what quacks have claimed.

Orac has long argued that chelation therapy for heart disease is quackery. An abstract presented last month finally confirmed that. Why did it take so long?

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