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Antivaccine nonsense Cancer Medicine Quackery

Mark Sircus tries to rebrand quackery as “natural allopathic medicine”

Mark Sircus
Mark Sircus sure loves him some magnesium.

The term “allopathic medicine” was invented by homeopaths in the 19th century as a disparaging term for medicine. So to see a quack like Mark Sircus try to coopt it as “natural allopathic medicine” is quite something.

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Bad science Cancer Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery

Mark Sircus: MMS (bleach) for COVID “vaccine-induced cancer”

Mark Sircus and chlorine dioxide
Hint: This is NOT a cure for cancer or COVID-19. It's a form of bleach and used in water disinfection.

Mark Sircus is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who’s now promoting MMS (bleach) for COVID-19 “vaccine-induced cancer.”

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Bad science Holocaust Holocaust denial Medicine Quackery

Has the law finally caught up with autism bleach quack Kerri Rivera?

Miracle Mineral Solution, a.k.a. bleach, advocated by Kerri Rivera
Miracle Mineral Solution

Antivax quack Kerri Rivera has long treated autistic children with bleach, including by enema. Has the law finally caught up with her for her abuse of autistic children?

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Clinical trials Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery

The latest COVID-19 quackery: Intravenous bleach

Miracle Mineral Solution, a.k.a. bleach, advocated by Kerri Rivera
Miracle Mineral Solution

Just when I thought I’d seen it all, I discover that there are quacks in Ecuador treating COVID-19 with bleach—intravenous bleach.

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Bad science Medicine Politics Pseudoscience Science Skepticism/critical thinking Television

President Trump and “just asking questions” about disinfectants and UV light to treat COVID-19

Donald Trump and Lysol

Last night, President Trump remarked about somehow getting disinfectants or light “inside” the body could kill coronavirus. Hilarity ensued, but his inadvertent promotion of COVID-19 quackery is deadly serious.