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In which Orac experiences schadenfreude over Ben Garrison’s COVID-19

Post author By Orac
Post date September 27, 2021
172 Comments on In which Orac experiences schadenfreude over Ben Garrison’s COVID-19

An example of a Ben Garrison ivermectin cartoons — Ben Garrison announced that he has COVID-19. He's treating it with ivermectin, because of course he is.

Ben Garrison, whose fame comes from his QAnon-invoking and Trump-supporting cartoons, has COVID-19 and is treating it with ivermectin. Because of course he is. Orac’s schadenfreude is tempered by the knowledge that when Garrison recovers he’ll attribute his good fortune to the quackery he’s using.

Tags beetroot juice, Ben Garrison, COVID denial, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 quackery, COVID-19 vaccine, ivermectin, zinc

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Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch defends hydroxychloroquine in Newsweek—badly

Post author By Orac
Post date July 24, 2020
216 Comments on Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch defends hydroxychloroquine in Newsweek—badly

Yale epidemiology professor Harvey Risch published an embarrassingly bad op-ed in Newsweek defending hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. It reminded me how much acupuncture and hydroxychloroquine believers have in common.

Tags azithromycin, chloroquine, clinical trials, coronavirus, COVID-19, Didier Raoult, Harvey Risch, hydroxychloroquine, SARS-CoV-2, Vladimir Zelenko, zinc

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