Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done!
The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?
FDA approves novel gene therapy delivery platform for a rare retinal disorder
Treatment introduces an expansion of the scope of gene therapies that might lead to similar treatments for neurodegenerative diseases in other parts of the body
The Cholesterol Wars Continue
As a first approximation it seems that the purpose of social media is to misrepresent medical information and to promote wellness gurus who basically have no idea what they are talking about. Part of the problem is that medical science is often complex, and the short attention-span format of social media often favors simple clean narratives. So “wellness influencers” dominate while genuine...
Mark Blaxill: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. resurrects another washed-up antivax activist
Last week, it was reported that Mark Blaxill had been hired at CDC. It looks like RFK Jr.'s resurrecting every washed up antivax crony he can find to staff HHS.
Here we go again: Another study is being misrepresented as evidence that COVID vaccines cause cancer
An eminent oncologist, cancer researcher, and cancer center director is promoting a study that seems to show—but, when critically examined, doesn't—that COVID vaccines are associated with increased cancer risk.
Dr. Martin Kulldorff, Who Claims He Would Have Tamed COVID In 3-6 Months, Can’t Even Run a Single Meeting
It turns out that making podcasts "arguing for" things is a lot easier than actually doing them.
Red Flags For Red Light Therapy
Red light therapy is marketed as a quick fix for fat loss and wellness. The science says otherwise.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 3: Antivax rhetoric and incompetence at ACIP
The CDC's newly reconstituted antivax Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met last week. The results weren't as horrific as I'd expected, but not for lack of trying. In this post, I'll focus on one presentation as a lens through which to look at the meeting as a whole.
The Videos THEY Don’t Want You to See. A Silenced, Censored Doctor Speaks Out.
Everyone Else is Lying to You: The Documentary
That Trump, RFK, Oz Presser
Yes, we have to talk about that press conference with Trump, RFK Jr and Dr. Oz., which some are characterizing as the absolutely worst firehose of medical misinformation coming from the White House in American history. I think that is fair. This was the presser we knew was coming, and many of us were dreading. It was worse than I anticipated. I wrote a...