Results for: COVID-19
Is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. antivaccine? Judge him by his own words!
Last week, an antivaxxer on Substack—where else?—tried to argue that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is not antivaccine by encouraging you to judge him by his own words. I agree. You should judge RFK Jr. by his own words, as they show definitively that he has been antivaccine since at least 2005.
Three New Studies Show the COVID Vaccines Are Very Safe for Children
Three new studies tell us what we already knew- vaccine isn't perfect, but it's far safer than the virus for children.
A Perhaps Not-So-Unexpected Spike in Pediatric Brain Abscesses
The surge in viral infections last year appears to be to blame for a significant increase in cases of brain abscesses in children. They remain rare, and panic is not warranted, but they are a life-threatening complication of common bacterial infections that should be taken seriously.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Responds to Words I Never Said
My critics lack the courage to accurately quote me. That tells you everything about them and nothing about me.
“Their Plan is Incongruent With My Existence”
The authors of the Great Barrington Declaration never asked "vulnerable" people if they were on board with their plan to lock them down for month on end, with no backup plan if herd immunity never arrived. They just wanted to impose their will on tens of millions of vulnerable Americans whether they wanted it or not.
Voices in the Vacuum
The failure of the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator to, well, coordinate a response to COVID-19 misinformation has left physicians to fight the uphill battle on their own.
Evidence-based medicine vs. basic science in medical school
Last week Dr. Vinay Prasad wrote a Substack arguing that medical students should learn the principles of evidence-based medicine before basic science.This is a recipe for amplifying the main flaw in EBM that science-based medicine was meant to correct, and Dr. Prasad's arguments would have been right at home on an integrative medicine blog. [Note ADDENDUM.]
Unsafe and Ineffective: Aseem Malhotra
British consulting cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra has become the latest darling of the COVID-19 minimization and antivaccine movement in the UK. Previously known for anti-statin views and advocacy of the Pioppi diet who pivoted to more dangerous misinformation during the pandemic.
Might “Vitriolic Attacks” Against Emily Oster Rival COVID’s Carnage?
To advocates of Feelings Based Medicine, there is no difference between criticizing someone's ideas and attacking them personally.
Repurposed to Radical: How drug repurposing created a global right-wing market for COVID early treatment fraud
A condensed timeline of the events, people, and far-right global politics that repurposed science and medicine to promote fake miracle cures for COVID-19 and spread deadly disinformation with a focus on the United States, France, and Brazil.