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Is the conman being conned? Claiming he’s been reincarnated as the ‘new Jesus;, Joseph Mercola upends company on the advice of Bahlon, the ‘psychic’s psychic’

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An “exposé” of Joe Mercola published on Natural Products Insider, a website devoted to the supplements industry [covered] a story ...
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Viewpoint: ‘I’m not anti vaccine, I’m pro-vaccine safety’ — Debunking Robert F. Kennedy’s lies about vaccine beliefs

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CNN host Kasie Hunt interviewed antivax presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Although she did better than most journalists confronting ...
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Latest conspiracy theory claims that COVID is ‘bacterial pneumonia’: Here’s how this antivax delusion gained a foothold

Respectful Insolence | 
To antivaccine conspiracy theorists, it is always of the utmost importance to find a way to explain deaths from the ...
Viewpoint: Are anti-vax COVID physicians being ‘persecuted’ by medical regulatory boards?

Viewpoint: Are anti-vax COVID physicians being ‘persecuted’ by medical regulatory boards?

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Two COVID-19 antivax quacks, Drs. Paul Marik and Pierre Kory, announced that the ABIM had informed them that their board ...
Viewpoint: Why the COVID-19 lab leak theory refuses to die

Viewpoint: Why the COVID-19 lab leak theory refuses to die

Ever since the coronavirus now known as SARS-CoV-2 was first identified as the cause of an outbreak of a mysterious ...
Viewpoint: Leading agricultural biotechnology critic Paul Thacker morphs into anti-vaccine propagandist

Viewpoint: Leading agricultural biotechnology critic Paul Thacker morphs into anti-vaccine propagandist

It’s been a while since I’ve written about Paul Thacker, the formerly legitimate investigative journalist who squandered his reputation by ...
The COVID myth that refuses to die — No, none of the coronavirus vaccines alters your brain DNA

The COVID myth that refuses to die — No, none of the coronavirus vaccines alters your brain DNA

Respectful Insolence | 
As repetitive as I have been with respect to this, there is nothing new under the sun when it comes ...
How did this acupuncture study get published in Nature?

How did this acupuncture study get published in Nature?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, an unfortunately all-too-common topic for me was the proliferation of dubious acupuncture ...
Is ‘natural immunity’ superior to vaccine-induced protection?

Is ‘natural immunity’ superior to vaccine-induced protection?

Science Based Medicine | 
What began as a viral TikTok hashtag has infected every social media platform: Many of the proudly unvaccinated now identify ...
Viewpoint: How Republicans have come to replace Democrats as the face of the anti-vaccine movement

Viewpoint: How Republicans have come to replace Democrats as the face of the anti-vaccine movement

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There was a time not so long ago (perhaps a decade, but certainly no longer than 20 years ago), when ...
Viewpoint: Who is behind anti-vax propaganda claiming COVID shots are killing people? Meet disinformation provocateurs Peter McCullough, Mike Adams and RFK, Jr.

Viewpoint: Who is behind anti-vax propaganda claiming COVID shots are killing people? Meet disinformation provocateurs Peter McCullough, Mike Adams and RFK, Jr.

At the extreme end of the antivax hysteria is, as one might expect, Mike Adams at NaturalNews.com proclaiming... VACCINE HOLOCAUST ...
Viewpoint: How right wingers are pumping up the Wuhan lab leak theory — and why it’s still an unlikely explanation for COVID

Viewpoint: How right wingers are pumping up the Wuhan lab leak theory — and why it’s still an unlikely explanation for COVID

Even as far back as February 2020, I noted that antivaxxer James Lyons-Weiler was falsely claiming that he had “broken ...
How COVID deniers are taking pages out of the anti-vaccine movement's playbook

How COVID deniers are taking pages out of the anti-vaccine movement’s playbook

Genetic Literacy Project | 
One of the most notable things about the COVID-19 pandemic has been how fast two science denialist movements made common cause ...
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Stem cell therapy for autism? The darker side of ‘quackademic medicine’

As bad as the embrace of naturopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, and even reiki and homeopathy by some institutions that would ...
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Viewpoint: Great Barrington Declaration arguing for herd immunity ‘takes page from denialist propaganda playbook’

Genetic Literacy Project | 
When you’ve been examining pseudoscientific and quack claims for over two decades, you start to recognize patterns in the strategies ...
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Chinese coronavirus quackery: Authoritarian government forces use of Traditional Chinese Medicine – TCM – to treat COVID

The government in China’s far northwest Xinjiang region is resorting to draconian measures to combat the coronavirus, including physically locking ...
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‘Only 6%’: QAnon, Trump, conservative social media disinformation on COVID impact

[O]ne of the most idiotic right wing pundits out there, The Gateway Pundit [said]: The CDC silently updated their numbers ...
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She’s baaaack! ‘Plandemic’ anti-vaccine disinformation ‘star’ Judy Mikovits now warning glyphosate, GMOs boost COVID-19 risk

[In early May], I wrote about Plandemic, a viral video featuring disgraced scientist turned antivaxxer turned COVID-19 “Fire Fauci” conspiracy ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Just plain bad science’: FOX News promotes ‘pseudoscience’ COVID-19 fatality study by California ‘fake experts’

There’s a pandemic of more than just COVID-19 right now. There’s also a pandemic of pseudoscience, misinformation, disinformation, and just ...
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‘Nothingburger of a paper’ and why we still don’t know if anti-malarial drugs work against the coronavirus

Science Based Medicine | 
Last week, I wrote about an experimental treatment for COVID-19 that repurposes old drugs. One version of the treatment uses ...
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Vaccines, glyphosate weedkiller cause obesity? Dr. David Gorski debunks new round of ‘bogus’ health claims

Science Based Medicine | 
Those of us who have been following the antivaccine movement and the sorts of claims that its members [make] are ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Denouncing’ HBO, Bill Maher for helping Dr. Jay Gordon spread vaccine misinformation

Science Based Medicine | 
Dr. Jay Gordon (who usually likes to be called “Dr. Jay”) and I go back a long time, ever since I ...
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Restorative stem cell treatments? William Shatner pitching stem cell therapies’ that evidence shows don’t work

Shatner has not been known, especially on Twitter, for his reflective nature or critical thinking abilities.  ... Star Trek star ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Indigenous Ways of Knowing’ fad threatens to undermine rigorous medical science

Science Based Medicine | 
[There is one form of] special pleading that is gaining some currency, and that’s basically carving out an exception to ...
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David Gorski: Rigvir ‘virotherapy’ another unproven alternative medicine cancer therapy

Science Based Medicine | 
[Editor's note: Dr. David Gorski, MD, PhD, FACS is a surgical oncologist at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.] [Cancer ...
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Viewpoint: Can yoga ‘reprogram’ our DNA? Don’t bet on it

One of the most persistent narratives latched on to by advocates of “integrative medicine” is that the “mind” can somehow ...
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Viewpoint: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop has gone from amusing pseudoscience to dangerous quackery

Science Based Medicine | 
Gwyneth Paltrow’s beauty/health/wellness website and online store [has been] in the news a fair amount [recently]. The reason is that...every ...
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Medical marijuana miracle? It’s unlikely cannabis oil saved boy with 2 cancers

Science Based Medicine | 
[Editor's note: David Gorski, a surgical oncologist at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute responds to claims in a forthcoming ...
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