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Trust science?

Trust in science and vaccines continues to decline. Why?

Recent evidence shows that public trust in science and vaccines has declined markedly since the pandemic. Why is this, and is there anything we can do about it?

/ November 27, 2023
COVID-19 vaccination

COVID-19 Vaccination and Factors Contributing to Vaccine Refusal

An examination of COVID-19 vaccine refusal in Hong Kong suggests that fostering trust in health authorities, boosting confidence in vaccines, and combating misinformation are all necessary as we prepare for the next pandemic.

/ October 26, 2023
VAERS

Has MSU economics professor Mark Skidmore been “exonerated” over his retracted paper claiming that COVID vaccines killed 278,000?

Tech bro turned antivax influencer Steve Kirsch is claiming that Michigan State University economist Mark Skidmore has been "exonerated" after having had a paper retracted claiming 278K deaths from COVID-19 vaccines in 2021 alone. In reality, Skidmore just republished a revised version of his retracted paper in an antivax journal after the MSU IRB failed miserably in its oversight duties.

/ October 23, 2023
Harvey Risch

He pushed hydroxychloroquine three years ago: Harvey Risch and false claim of “turbo cancers” caused by COVID-19 vaccines

Last week, I discussed Dr. William Makis' false claims of "turbo cancers" due to COVID-19 vaccines. Now it's hydroxychloroquine-promoting epidemiologist Harvey Risch's turn.

/ October 9, 2023

Science-Based Satire: Vaccine-Mandates and the Denial of the Existence of Natural Immunity After COVID Recovery. A Deadly Anti-Science Position

One thing I've learned during the past few years, is how quickly scenes of mass death fade from the collective memory. Denial is powerful. Everyone just wants to forget.  There's no national day of mourning or any memorial to the countless victims of previous vaccine-mandates. It seems that humanity's sad fate is that every generation is doomed to repeat the mistakes of...

/ October 6, 2023

Nobel for Medicine Goes To mRNA Vaccine Science

The work of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman made possible the mRNA vaccines, with implications that go beyond this one application.

/ October 4, 2023
Turbo cancer?

Dr. William Makis and “turbo cancer”: Falsely blaming COVID-19 vaccines for cancer

A prominent oncologist and cancer biologist, Wafik El-Deiry, recently amplified claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause "turbo cancer," wanting a "civil discourse about science and actual answers that are missing." Unfortunately, calls for "civil discourse" by an eminent oncologist about unfounded claims only lends undeserved credibility to them. So, once more into the fray...

/ October 2, 2023

Overhyping Vaccines Wasn’t Pro-Vaccine. It Was Pro-Stop-Worrying-About-COVID.

Overselling the vaccine in 2021 was not being pro-vaccine.  It was pro-stop-worrying-about-the pandemic, from the doctors who assured us herd immunity was imminent. 

/ October 1, 2023

Part 1: “Don’t Minimize Myocarditis From The Vaccine”, By the Author of “Don’t Fear Literal Death From COVID”.

Once a doctor has minimized *literal death*, how can we take them seriously when they scold us for minimizing something not as severe as, say, *literal death*?

/ September 24, 2023

Self-Amplifying RNA Vaccines

Self-Amplifying RNA vaccines are coming. Here's a primer to get you ready.

/ September 6, 2023