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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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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.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Quackery

RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be a catastrophe for public health and medical research

RFK Jr. being RFK Jr.
RFK Jr.

President-Elect Donald Trump has nominated antivax activist, conspiracy theorist, and all around crank Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. We are so screwed.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Quackery

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

Steve Kirsch's subretinal hemorrhage
Steve Kirsch's subretinal hemorrhage

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.

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Steve Kirsch goes off the deep end over the Moderna vaccine

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.

Steve Kirsch got his hands on COVID-19 vaccination data from the Czech Republic, and bad data analysis ensues. This time, he’s falsely claiming that Moderna vaccines are deadlier than Pfizer vaccines, but that both are deadly.