Tag: antivaccine

Why can't we be friends?

MAHA and science-based public health: Can’t we all just get along?

The answer is: Very likely not, at least not as long as MAHA embraces quackery and antivax pseudoscience—not that that didn't stop STAT News from ignoring the elephant in the room, vaccines, in search of a "kumbaya" moment between MAHA and public health.

/ April 13, 2026
Steve Kirsch: Misinformation superspreader

Antivax tech bro Steve Kirsch uses AI to rediscover the Jock Doubleday challenge

Everything old is new again, even when AI is involved, as a very old antivax trope is rediscovered for a new generation.

/ April 6, 2026

Dr. Vinay Prasad Said He Would Deliver New COVID Vaccine RCTs. He Failed and Should STFU.

It turns out that Tweeting about RCTs 100+ times is a lot easier than delivering even a single RCT.

/ April 5, 2026
A sign with the CDC logo stands in front of a modern glass building with multiple windows; part of a tree is visible on the left side of the image.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Who Claims He “Would Have” Perfectly Controlled COVID In 2020, Can’t Even Fix A Few Broken Windows Today

Trust in MAHA leaders has justifiably collapsed, and the sycophants who previously glorified Dr. Jay Bhattacharya have mysteriously vanished, unwilling to even acknowledge what they helped unleash on us all.

/ April 3, 2026
Aaron Siri

RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 10): An RFK Jr. ally tells us what’s coming next

ICAN attorney and antivaxxer Aaron Siri recently petitioned HHS to add 300 "injuries" to the Vaccine Injury Table for the Vaccine Injury Compensation System. It's all part of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s plan to undermine and destroy the system, thus driving vaccine manufacturers out of the market.

/ March 30, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lying about vaccines again

RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 9): ProPublica reports, and a bump in the road to remaking ACIP

A judge recently ruled that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went too far in his drive to turn ACIP into a an antivax committee. Meanwhile, ProPublica reports on where we are heading; it's not good.

/ March 23, 2026
MAHA Institute

RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 8): “Massive Epidemic of Vaccine Injury,” ACIP, and a prominent oncologist

The MAHA Institute is holding an event called MEVI Roundtable: Massive Epidemic of Vaccine Injury to fear monger about vaccines. Unfortunately, Dr. Wafik El-Deiry, a prominent oncologist-scientist, will participate.

/ March 9, 2026
Red, distressed stamp-style text on a white background reads "SMEAR CAMPAIGN" in all capital letters.

MAHA Government Doctors Feel Entitled to Falsely Smear Private Citizens in the Press While Demanding That They Not Be Falsely Smeared in the Press

Our so-called public servants have one set of standards for themselves and another for private citizens who dare to the challenge their government.

/ March 5, 2026
RFK Jr. fail

One year of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary: The Lancet reacts, and so do I

Editors of The Lancet published an op-ed decrying RFK Jr.'s one year of failure at HHS. They're correct about RFK Jr, but they are not blameless in what has happened.

/ March 2, 2026
Four people stand on a sidewalk holding a large blue banner that reads, "Medical Freedom Is The New Civil Rights Movement." Two women wear shirts with protest slogans. Cars are parked in the background.

Why Should You Worry About My Vaccinated Child If Being Anti-Vaccine Works So Well

Del Bigtree and Toby Rogers, the authoritarians behind the “medical freedom” movement 

/ February 28, 2026