Marc Girardot: A "COVID myth buster" who doesn't know chemistry

Marc Girardot is a tech guy. He doesn't understand chemistry, either, if his fear mongering about COVID-19 vaccines is any indication.

John Ioannidis vs. the "science Kardashian" and critics of the Great Barrington Declaration

John Ioannidis' "science Kardashian" article is the bad science that keeps demonstrating why we should have no superheroes in science.

"Science Kardashians" versus the Great Barrington Declaration?

John Ioannidis has used a satirical index to portray Great Barrington Declaration signatories as underdogs mobbed by "science Kardashians."

Religion, magic, and slavery: Rhetoric about masks and vaccines

Antimaskers and antivaxxers are increasingly alike in their rhetoric about masks and vaccines as religion, slavery, and magic.

The most famous sufferer from Nobel Disease has died

Luc Montagnier has died. He was the Nobel laureate whose descent into pseudoscience and conspiracies led me to coin the term "Nobel disease."

RFK Jr.: Busted making a political donation to RAGA

RFK Jr.'s Children's Health Defense "charity" was busted making political donations to the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA).

"Debate me" bros in the age of COVID-19 disinformation

Science deniers and conspiracy theorists love to challenge real experts and science communicators to “live public debates.” Just say no.

Are public health responses to COVID-19 like the Cultural Revolution?

At the Brownstone Institute, an anonymous graduate student likens COVID-19 responses to the Cultural Revolution. What about the Holocaust?

The Brownstone Institute: Promoting antivaccine misinformation in Africa

The Brownstone Institute swears up and down that it is not antivaccine. Why are Brownstone flacks spreading antivax misinformation in Uganda?

Why is there now such an affinity between antivaxxers and fascism?

Increasingly, the antivaccine movement has become allied with fascism, including openly fascist groups marching in their rallies. Why?

Anne Frank: RFK Jr. now versus RFK Jr. in 2015

RFK Jr. invoked Anne Frank at an antivax rally. Then he apologized. Invoking the Holocaust and then "apologizing" is what he does.

No License for Disinformation: Why are doctors so threatened?

It’s not “cancel culture” to take away the medical licenses of physicians promoting dangerous COVID-19 disinformation. It’s quality control.

Defeat The Mandates: Green Our Vaccines reconstituted for COVID-19

Dr. Robert Malone announced a "Defeat the Mandates" rally on Joe Rogan's podcast. I sense echoes of Jenny McCarthy's "Green Our Vaccines."

Claiming the mantle of "reasonableness" by attacking even worse cranks

Joe Mercola tried to seem "reasonable" by "conceding" SARS-CoV-2 exists. Does Vinay Prasad know he did the same thing discussing Joe Rogan?

Substack: The new wretched hive of scum and quackery

COVID-19 quacks, antivaxxers, and conspiracy theorists are flocking to Substack, where they can monetize their misinformation.

Brownstone Institute embraces its inner antivaxxer

The Brownstone Institute is now embracing its inner antivaxxer by likening vaccine mandates to "othering" that leads to persecution.

Who could ever have seen this coming?

Who could have seen the COVID-19 disinformation tsunami coming? Only nearly all of those who have been paying attention.

R.I.P., Gayle DeLong

The late Gayle DeLong was an antivaxxer best known for blaming HPV vaccines for infertility and her breast cancer on her children's autism.

"Naturopathic oncologist" Colleen Huber goes full COVID-19 quack

Colleen Huber has gone full COVID-19 quack, because of course she has. She's a naturopath, and it was always to be expected.

Steve Kirsch reveals "secret plan to end the vaccine madness"

Steve Kirsch has a "secret plan to end the vaccine madness." In reality, it's not secret, but a conglomeration of antivax conspiracy theories.