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David Geier: A blast from the antivax past hired to “prove” vaccines cause autism

Mark and David Geier (Geiers)
David Geier (left) with his father Mark, c.2004. Those were their antivax salad days...until now.

RFK Jr. has hired David Geier, an antivax quack from the past, to undertake a study to “prove” that vaccines cause autism. Truly, the results are preordained.

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Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment can kill

hyperbaric oxygen chambers

On Friday, a hyperbaric oxygen chamber exploded, killing a five-year-old child being treated at an “integrative” clinic. Quackery kills.

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Antivaccine nonsense Politics Pseudoscience

Amusing factionalism in the MAHA universe

What MAHA reminds me of these days.

Even as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. prepares to face confirmation hearings today, there has been amusing trouble in “make America healthy” paradise. Will it derail RFK Jr.’s bid to become HHS Secretary?

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Antivaccine nonsense Politics Pseudoscience Quackery

Senators: Please grill RFK Jr.’s health nominees with these suggested questions

Grilling questions
Turn up the heat, Senators.

It won’t be long before we’re treated to the spectacle of Senators grilling antivax nominees like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (HHS) and Dr. Dave Weldon (CDC). I exist to serve, which is why I’m suggesting some questions for Senators to ask all of Trump’s health picks.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

A self-proclaimed EBM expert rushes to kiss RFK Jr.’s conspiracy-spewing posterior

Dr. Vinay Prasad kisses RFK Jr.'s posterior.

He claims to be a “not antivax” expert in evidence-based medicine, but COVID-19 contrarian Dr. Vinay Prasad sure seems eager to kiss antivax conspiracy monger Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s posterior—and embrace his MAHA agenda.