Tag: COVID-19
Devastation of NIH-funded clinical trials: The price of Lysenkoism 2.0
A recent commentary in The American Journal of Medicine describes the toll of this administration's ideology-based termination of NIH-funded clinical trials. It has been devastating.
What is the greatest threat to science in the US?
John Ioannidis recently characterized journalists invoking falsely (in his view) "science-based" views as a threat to science. What is the real threat to science in the US? (Hint: It's not that.) Here's a reality check.
RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 13): The NIH “Vaccinology and Immunology Center”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new "vaccine injury" clinic finally has a name, but its purpose hasn't changed: To generate "evidence" to justify eliminating vaccines.
RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 12): The new NIH vaccine injury clinic is likely a sham
Last week, RFK Jr. and his minions opened a "vaccine injury clinic" at the NIH. With no budget, structure, or leadership announced, the program appears to be a sham in service of RFK Jr.'s war on vaccines.
Once again, The BMJ, wittingly or unwittingly, reinforces an antivax narrative
Last week The BMJ published an investigation alleging that the algorithm for spotting safety signals after COVID vaccination was flawed and that the FDA ignored it, amplifying an old antivax narrative. Again. WTF, BMJ?
Dear John Horgan, Fluff MAHA/MAGA Doctors Less, Bash War More
"A cancer expert I admire becomes a Trump collaborator. Should he be dead to me?" That's an easy question to answer.
Making measles great again in Ohio
Dr. Jonathan Howard was right. They really do want you—and your kids—infected, preferably with measles. One way they'll accomplish this is by preventing schools from excluding unvaccinated children during outbreaks.
Dr. Remington Nevin: Michigan’s own RFK Jr. or Dr. Joseph Ladapo?
Dr. Remington Nevin is a the director of a county health department in Michigan but is poised to become Michigan's very own Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a MAHA crank put in charge of a state's public health apparatus.
Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine Six Years On
More than six years after the pandemic arrived and ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were first touted as COVID cures, the evidence shows more than ever that they don't work.
“I’m Not Talking About 2020. I’m Talking About 2026.”
2020 is more than just a security blanket for MAHA/MAGA disinformation superspreaders, it's an indispensable tool for them. It is a distraction and a reflexive excuse for their current failures.