"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).

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Steve Kirsch had a subretinal hemmorhage. No, it wasn’t vaccines.

Post author By Orac
Post date July 27, 2024
16 Comments on Steve Kirsch had a subretinal hemmorhage. No, it wasn’t vaccines.

Tech bro turned antivaxxer Steve Kirsch recently suffered a devastating subretinal hemorrhage. While I hope he recovers his vision, antivaxxers are being antivaxxers and blaming his vision loss on vaccines.

Tags angiogenesis, angiogenesis inhibitor, antivaccine, bromelain, cancer, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, faricimab-svoa, floaters, Holocaust denial, nattokinase, ophthalmology, quackery, Steve Kirsch, subretinal hemorrhage, Vabysmo, vaccine, vaccines, Welcometheeagle88

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The endless quackery and grift of The Wellness Company

Post author By Orac
Post date January 15, 2024
29 Comments on The endless quackery and grift of The Wellness Company

"Spike Support" by The Wellness Company — The flagship product sold by The Wellness Company, basically a quack supplement.

The Wellness Company, promoted by Dr. Peter McCullough, is the product of a trend in which antivax doctors have predictably become just grifting quacks. At least in this case, there is an amusing quack fight at the heart of it all.

Tags bromelain, COVID contrarian, COVID-19, COVID-19 quackery, COVID-19 vaccine, Foster Coulson, Jane Ruby, mRNA vaccine, nattokinase, Paul Alexander, Peter Breggin, Peter McCullough, Robert Malone, SARS-CoV-2, Stew Peters, The Vigilant Fox, The Vigilant News, The Wellness Company, Trial Site News

Antivaccine nonsense Quackery

Nattokinase: COVID-19 spike protein “detox” quackery, now with bromelain

Post author By Orac
Post date July 31, 2023
49 Comments on Nattokinase: COVID-19 spike protein “detox” quackery, now with bromelain

Natto and bromelain: The latest antivax spike protein "detox."

Dr. Peter McCullough once again promotes a “nattokinase”-based “detox” from spike protein (now with bromelain), not not from COVID-19 but from the vaccines. Of course.

Tags antivaccine, bromelain, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, curcumin, detoxification, Jen VanDeWater, long COVID, Natto, nattokinase, Peter McCullough, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, spike protein, toxins, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

“New school” anti-(COVID-19)-vaxxers are all-in on “old school” vaccines-cause-autism antivax

Post author By Orac
Post date May 17, 2023
111 Comments on “New school” anti-(COVID-19)-vaxxers are all-in on “old school” vaccines-cause-autism antivax

Over the last month, Orac has noticed that “new school” COVID-19 antivaxxers are rediscovering old school “vaccines cause autism” pseudoscience in a huge way. Also, there’s transphobia. Lots of transphobia. WTF is going on?