Scott Gavura
@pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org
🇨🇦Advocate for science-based health policy | pseudoscience critic | blogger at #sciencebasedmedicine | I post in personal capacity | I'd rather be skiing. 🇺🇦
Kudos to @formerantivax.bsky.social for writing this fantastic, insightful piece for Macleans magazine. She explains her journey here:
Truly excellent...👇
Confessions of an Ex-Anti-Vaxxer macleans.ca/longforms/co...
"The anti-vax movement isn’t simply a grassroots network of concerned parents. It’s an industry. It’s lucrative, selling supplements, e-books, courses and products."
Pull: Uncertainty, fear, and search for community
Confessions of an Ex-Anti-Vaxxer macleans.ca/longforms/co...
"The anti-vax movement isn’t simply a grassroots network of concerned parents. It’s an industry. It’s lucrative, selling supplements, e-books, courses and products."
Pull: Uncertainty, fear, and search for community
Confessions of an Ex-Anti-Vaxxer - Macleans.ca
I spent years spouting conspiracy theories about vaccines. Now, as measles rages in my home of Alberta, I’m trying to convince vax-hesitant parents to inoculate their kids.
macleans.ca
September 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Kudos to @formerantivax.bsky.social for writing this fantastic, insightful piece for Macleans magazine. She explains her journey here:
via @gorskon.bsky.social : "MAHA tends to deny external causes of disease that modern pharmaceuticals address...in favor of the idea that one’s health is nearly totally within one’s own control through one’s own virtue." sciencebasedmedicine.org/denial-of-ge...
Denial of germ theory and the genetic basis of disease: Two pillars of MAHA
To understand MAHA, understand the specific science that it denies.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
via @gorskon.bsky.social : "MAHA tends to deny external causes of disease that modern pharmaceuticals address...in favor of the idea that one’s health is nearly totally within one’s own control through one’s own virtue." sciencebasedmedicine.org/denial-of-ge...
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Vinay Prasad, a former adult oncologist, has moved to disrupt the childhood vaccine schedule by asserting - against all evidence - that administering multiple vaccines at the same time “could blunt their efficacy.” The added burden/delay of separating shots would sharply reduce US vaccination rates.
FDA quietly positions itself to disrupt childhood vaccine schedule
While CDC turmoil grabbed the media spotlight, a quieter but potentially more consequential drama unfolded last week at FDA. The agency has positioned itse...
www.biocentury.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Vinay Prasad, a former adult oncologist, has moved to disrupt the childhood vaccine schedule by asserting - against all evidence - that administering multiple vaccines at the same time “could blunt their efficacy.” The added burden/delay of separating shots would sharply reduce US vaccination rates.
Via @gorskon.bsky.social : "Cranks and science deniers often position themselves as The True Seekers of Knowledge, because they are, apparently, unbound by all that accumulated weight of human knowledge, which makes their crank beliefs somehow superior." sciencebasedmedicine.org/robert-f-ken...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines
The chaos at the CDC in the wake of last week's firing of its Director and the resignations of four senior officials is fallout from the latest skirmish in RFK Jr.'s war against vaccines. Make no mist
sciencebasedmedicine.org
September 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Via @gorskon.bsky.social : "Cranks and science deniers often position themselves as The True Seekers of Knowledge, because they are, apparently, unbound by all that accumulated weight of human knowledge, which makes their crank beliefs somehow superior." sciencebasedmedicine.org/robert-f-ken...
Looks like Vinay doesn’t like the facts that @joho.bsky.social keeps documenting. sciencebasedmedicine.org/vinayprasadl...
I am a Private Citizen Seeking to Hold My Government Accountable. Dr. Vinay Prasad, a Government Doctor, Killed My YouTube Channel.
Americans do not need our government's permission to remember the words of our public officials, and I refuse to let them be silenced or censored.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
August 31, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Looks like Vinay doesn’t like the facts that @joho.bsky.social keeps documenting. sciencebasedmedicine.org/vinayprasadl...
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"I don't know where you magic pixies came from,
but I like your pixie drink."
but I like your pixie drink."
August 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"I don't know where you magic pixies came from,
but I like your pixie drink."
but I like your pixie drink."
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how can i be sure i’m in the right timeline
August 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
how can i be sure i’m in the right timeline
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What if there's a bird flu pandemic, given the sorry state of affairs in US vaccine policy and public health infrastructure?
"We are fucked"
Whole interview here: open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
"We are fucked"
Whole interview here: open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
August 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
What if there's a bird flu pandemic, given the sorry state of affairs in US vaccine policy and public health infrastructure?
"We are fucked"
Whole interview here: open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
"We are fucked"
Whole interview here: open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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Health Canada has approved Moderna’s newly updated Covid vaccine — and for the first time, the vaccines will be manufactured in Canada. globalnews.ca/news/1134908... #medsky
Moderna’s latest COVID-19 vaccine is both approved and ‘made in Canada’ - National | Globalnews.ca
An update to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine that targets the newest variants and is made entirely within Canada's borders was just approved by Health Canada.
globalnews.ca
August 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Health Canada has approved Moderna’s newly updated Covid vaccine — and for the first time, the vaccines will be manufactured in Canada. globalnews.ca/news/1134908... #medsky
via @angierasmussen.bsky.social : "Get your family immunized now, while you still can." rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/what-vacci...
What Vaccines Can I Get this Fall?
Probably most of them, but maybe for the last time. Get them while you can.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
via @angierasmussen.bsky.social : "Get your family immunized now, while you still can." rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/what-vacci...
Via @gorskon.bsky.social on "Gold Standard Science" : "..there is no longer any doubt that Lysenkoism 2.0 is here in the US with a vengeance (literally)." sciencebasedmedicine.org/jay-bhattach...
Jay Bhattacharya’s “plan to drive Gold Standard Science”: A Trojan horse for “Lysenko-izing” the NIH
Last week, the NIH published a plan to "drive Gold Standard Science." The plan cunningly wraps what are obvious Lysenkoist ideological purity tests disguised as "academic freedom" and "unbiased peer r
sciencebasedmedicine.org
August 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Via @gorskon.bsky.social on "Gold Standard Science" : "..there is no longer any doubt that Lysenkoism 2.0 is here in the US with a vengeance (literally)." sciencebasedmedicine.org/jay-bhattach...
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"If violent rhetoric is denounced but never deplatformed, it will only become bolder—& more violent. In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine." The authors call out violence caused directly by Kennedy, Bhattacharya & Prasad.
www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...
The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6
“In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.
www.statnews.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
"If violent rhetoric is denounced but never deplatformed, it will only become bolder—& more violent. In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine." The authors call out violence caused directly by Kennedy, Bhattacharya & Prasad.
www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...
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These are the sorts of attacks on experts that resulted in a domestic terrorist firing 500 shots at the CDC just over a week ago. If you stand for evidence based public health interventions, you basically get a target placed on your back by DHHS leadership.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
RFK Jr. attacks pediatricians’ group over vaccine recommendations
The American Academy of Pediatrics had earlier urged parents to get young children vaccinated against Covid — pushing back against the health secretary’s stance.
www.politico.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
These are the sorts of attacks on experts that resulted in a domestic terrorist firing 500 shots at the CDC just over a week ago. If you stand for evidence based public health interventions, you basically get a target placed on your back by DHHS leadership.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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This is an incredible visualization, not only about shoddy vaccine-autism studies, but about how to read and understand every research manuscript like a reviewer would
A must-read, must-share piece - clearly deconstructing the shoddy science of the Geiers (who are inexplicably in charge of studies at HHS).
Consider this an early warning for what lies ahead. 🛟🩺🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Consider this an early warning for what lies ahead. 🛟🩺🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)
Data can easily be manipulated to show a causation that doesn’t exist.
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is an incredible visualization, not only about shoddy vaccine-autism studies, but about how to read and understand every research manuscript like a reviewer would
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America is finally healthy again
The FDA warns public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination a radioactive isotope
FDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart
The FDA is warning the public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination with Cesium-137.
abcnews.link
August 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
America is finally healthy again
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If you want to understand why RFK Jr. has halted $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development, look no further than Synthroid and herbal medicines. It has nothing to do with following better science and everything to do with alt med beliefs. sciencebasedmedicine.org/what-do-mrna...
What do mRNA vaccines, Synthroid, and pharmaceuticals have in common (according to MAHA)?
If you want to understand why Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has halted $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development, look no further than Synthroid and herbal me
sciencebasedmedicine.org
August 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If you want to understand why RFK Jr. has halted $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development, look no further than Synthroid and herbal medicines. It has nothing to do with following better science and everything to do with alt med beliefs. sciencebasedmedicine.org/what-do-mrna...
Via @gorskon.bsky.social : " I hope we all enjoy falling further and further behind China and the rest of the world in science, because that is the trajectory that President Trump and RFK Jr. has put our country on." sciencebasedmedicine.org/what-do-mrna...
What do mRNA vaccines, Synthroid, and pharmaceuticals have in common (according to MAHA)?
If you want to understand why Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has halted $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development, look no further than Synthroid and herbal me
sciencebasedmedicine.org
August 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Via @gorskon.bsky.social : " I hope we all enjoy falling further and further behind China and the rest of the world in science, because that is the trajectory that President Trump and RFK Jr. has put our country on." sciencebasedmedicine.org/what-do-mrna...
Via @gorskon.bsky.social : "In reality, they were not for free speech or scientific freedom at all. They were just unhappy that they were not in power and therefore were not able to suppress speech and science that they didn’t like. " sciencebasedmedicine.org/every-accusa...
Every accusation was a confession of what they wanted to do if they were to attain power
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would shift power over grantmaking away from career scientists to political appointees. Lysenkoism 2.0 has been made official policy, a
sciencebasedmedicine.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Via @gorskon.bsky.social : "In reality, they were not for free speech or scientific freedom at all. They were just unhappy that they were not in power and therefore were not able to suppress speech and science that they didn’t like. " sciencebasedmedicine.org/every-accusa...
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#NIH director Jay Bhattacharya doubles down on his assertion that the US is moving away from mRNA vaccine research because the public does not trust these vaccines.
Distrust of mRNA is not universal; where it exists, the flames have been very actively fanned. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Distrust of mRNA is not universal; where it exists, the flames have been very actively fanned. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#NIH director Jay Bhattacharya doubles down on his assertion that the US is moving away from mRNA vaccine research because the public does not trust these vaccines.
Distrust of mRNA is not universal; where it exists, the flames have been very actively fanned. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Distrust of mRNA is not universal; where it exists, the flames have been very actively fanned. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Measles was eradicated with the vaccine, which is 97% effective at preventing measles.
Antivaxxers are the ones keeping people sick for profit.
Antivaxxers are the ones keeping people sick for profit.
As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge
The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.
www.wsj.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Measles was eradicated with the vaccine, which is 97% effective at preventing measles.
Antivaxxers are the ones keeping people sick for profit.
Antivaxxers are the ones keeping people sick for profit.
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So, @cnet.com published an article on microplastics (because they have a "wellness" section now... OK), and who's the quoted expert?
"A family physician"... namely Joe Mercola.
www.cnet.com/health/nutri...
"A family physician"... namely Joe Mercola.
www.cnet.com/health/nutri...
Want to Avoid Microplastics in Food? We Found the 8 Most Common Foods That Contain Microplastics
You're ingesting microplastics from bottled water, seafood, rice, sugar, and more.
www.cnet.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
So, @cnet.com published an article on microplastics (because they have a "wellness" section now... OK), and who's the quoted expert?
"A family physician"... namely Joe Mercola.
www.cnet.com/health/nutri...
"A family physician"... namely Joe Mercola.
www.cnet.com/health/nutri...
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We asked some Australians to try these classic Canadian snack foods and they died, they all died
We asked some Australians to try these classic Canadian snack foods and they died, they all died
We thought we’d have a bit of fun and get our friends from Down Under to try some of our favourite Canadian snacks. Unfortunately it went horribly, horribly awry.
thebeaverton.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We asked some Australians to try these classic Canadian snack foods and they died, they all died
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There’s not enough fentanyl coming from Canada
Greer on Canada: "Sometimes we hear statistics like, 'Oh, there's only one kilogram of fentanyl coming over the border.' What that tells me is there's not enough enforcement. That's not a point in favor. That means not enough is doing on to stop this. We know there's more."
August 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
There’s not enough fentanyl coming from Canada
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i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
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A Not-So-Fond Farewell to Vinay Prasad, by @angierasmussen.bsky.social: "Prasad never met a form of COVID risk mitigation that he didn’t complain about. Whether it was school closures, masks, or vaccines..." open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
A Not-So-Fond Farewell to Vinay Prasad
The Steve Urkel of COVID Twitter turned out to be incompetent at both drug regulation and being an authoritarian apparatchik
open.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A Not-So-Fond Farewell to Vinay Prasad, by @angierasmussen.bsky.social: "Prasad never met a form of COVID risk mitigation that he didn’t complain about. Whether it was school closures, masks, or vaccines..." open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...