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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.

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine Skepticism/critical thinking

The latest antivaccine conspiracy theory: The COVID-19 outbreak is due to a failed SARS coronavirus vaccine

Coronavirus outbreak 2019-nCoV

Yesterday, antivaxxers were saying that the flu vaccine caused the Wuhan 2019-nCoV outbreak because of viral interference. Now the outbreak is due to a failed SARS coronavirus vaccine. Can they get their conspiracy theories straight?

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine Pseudoscience

Blaming the flu vaccine for the COVID-19 outbreak: The latest antivaccine misinformation

Coronavirus outbreak 2019-nCoV

Antivaccine activists are blaming the coronavirus outbreak in China on—what else?—the flu vaccine, because of course they are. All they have to do is to deceptively invoke “virus interference.” So science-y!