Tag: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Antivaccine nonsense Politics

RFK Jr. suspends his campaign and backs Donald Trump. Quelle surprise.

Donald Trump meets with RFK Jr.
Donald Trump and RFK Jr. (along with Mike Pence) in 2016 during the presidential transition period.

Yesterday, antivaxxer turned independent Presidential candidate RFK Jr, suspended his campaign and backed Donald Trump, to the surprise of no one. Almost certainly, there was a quid pro quo.

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Antivaccine nonsense News of the Weird Politics

RFK Jr. is incredibly bizarre

Bear and RFK Jr.

The New Yorker published a story reporting that RFK Jr. picked up a bear cub killed by a car and dumped it in Central Park as a joke. WTF? I knew that RFK Jr. and his antivax conspiracy theories were bizarre, but WTF?

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics

Donald Trump and the return of the antivax “monster shot”

Donald Trump meets with RFK Jr.
Donald Trump and RFK Jr. (along with Mike Pence) in 2016 during the presidential transition period.

Donald Trump called Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to try to gain his support. During the call, he repeated antivax tropes that he’s been repeating since 2007. A second Trump administration would be a public health disaster.

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The mechanism for menstrual irregularities after COVID vaccination? Not really.

Is this evidence of how COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual abnormalities?

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s running mate Nicole Shanahan posted a link to a bad study “explaining” menstrual issues caused by COVID vaccines. It’s an in vitro study that explains almost nothing. It’s basically the scientific equivalent of clickbait.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine

Antivax tech bro Steve Kirsch “reinvents” challenging a scientific consensus

Misinformation superspreaderr Kirsch challenging scientific consensus
Steve Kirsch: Misinformation superspreader. He means it ironically, but in fact it is an accurate description of what he’s become as he "challenges" the scientific consensus.

Tech bro turned antivax propagandist Steve Kirsch reinvents how to challenge a scientific consensus, basically offering $1 million to reinvent the wheel.