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It would be advantageous to break down some of the fallacious arguments made by the likes of Kory & Weinstein, who are in an alternate universe.
Example: immortal time bias may have played a role in Weinstein's claim about ivermectin & 80 patients. (And recall bias because it's unpublished data)
Example: immortal time bias may have played a role in Weinstein's claim about ivermectin & 80 patients. (And recall bias because it's unpublished data)
The Debunking Handbook 2020: Downloads and Translations
In November 2011, we published The Debunking Handbook. As the update notice on that page already shows, more research has come in since then and the time had finally come for a complete overhaul of th...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
It would be advantageous to break down some of the fallacious arguments made by the likes of Kory & Weinstein, who are in an alternate universe.
Example: immortal time bias may have played a role in Weinstein's claim about ivermectin & 80 patients. (And recall bias because it's unpublished data)
Example: immortal time bias may have played a role in Weinstein's claim about ivermectin & 80 patients. (And recall bias because it's unpublished data)
Akiko Iwasaki worked with cranks & anti-vaxxers to promote unsupported claims of "post-vaccination syndrome" and (in immunocompetent patients) chronic COVID, with alleged "persistent spike".
After co-authoring papers that were "giving Wakefield" (as the kids say), she continues down a dark path.
After co-authoring papers that were "giving Wakefield" (as the kids say), she continues down a dark path.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Your patient has leptospirosis. Start doxycycline. youtu.be/sUMO0Bv2OR0
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Your patient has leptospirosis. Start doxycycline. youtu.be/sUMO0Bv2OR0
Aedes aegypti invasive mosquito carries yellow fever, dengue, Zika, and chikungunya
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Aedes aegypti invasive mosquito carries yellow fever, dengue, Zika, and chikungunya
College student Jennifer Hollis was treating a fake "chronic Lyme" diagnosis with MMS bleach rather than getting help for her depression. She took her own life.
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Here's Why Authorities Want to Stop the Sale of Jim Humble's Miracle Cure
On the morning of May 12, 22-year-old Jennifer Hollis bought the gun she would use to kill herself later that day. According to a friend who spoke with a salesperson at the Academy Sports off I-10, Ho...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
College student Jennifer Hollis was treating a fake "chronic Lyme" diagnosis with MMS bleach rather than getting help for her depression. She took her own life.
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How does someone come to believe that all vaccines are bad, but bleach is a miracle cure? (And anyone who says differently is in on the conspiracy, especially the experts)
Anti-Vaxxers Admit to Being Idiots
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
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November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
How does someone come to believe that all vaccines are bad, but bleach is a miracle cure? (And anyone who says differently is in on the conspiracy, especially the experts)
Dave Farina and Dan Wilson recently debated them, in what was apparently a mess (I have no desire to watch)
Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV3q...
Farina's comment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=30W2...
Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV3q...
Farina's comment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=30W2...
Demolishing Anti-Vaccine Frauds in Live Debate (Steve Kirsch and Pierre Kory Exposed)
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
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November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Dave Farina and Dan Wilson recently debated them, in what was apparently a mess (I have no desire to watch)
Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV3q...
Farina's comment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=30W2...
Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV3q...
Farina's comment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=30W2...
@ejwillingham.bsky.social on the immortality of autism quackery: As The Independent reported in June 2025, a full 12 years after I wrote about this for Forbes, Kerri Rivera, a key figure in the MMS world, is still out there on Instagram flogging actual, literal bleach as a “cure” for autism.
The immortality of autism quackery
A bleach solution called “MMS,” hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), chemical castration, chelation, and stem cell therapy - keep rising from the dead.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
@ejwillingham.bsky.social on the immortality of autism quackery: As The Independent reported in June 2025, a full 12 years after I wrote about this for Forbes, Kerri Rivera, a key figure in the MMS world, is still out there on Instagram flogging actual, literal bleach as a “cure” for autism.
See also reporting from Wired:
Online communities dedicated to the use of a toxic bleach solution to treat everything from cancer to autism believe Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interested in their cause.
www.wired.com/story/chlori...
Online communities dedicated to the use of a toxic bleach solution to treat everything from cancer to autism believe Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interested in their cause.
www.wired.com/story/chlori...
The Bleach Community Is Ready for RFK Jr. to Make Their Dreams Come True
Online communities dedicated to the use of a toxic bleach solution to treat everything from cancer to autism believe Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interested in their cause.
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
See also reporting from Wired:
Online communities dedicated to the use of a toxic bleach solution to treat everything from cancer to autism believe Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interested in their cause.
www.wired.com/story/chlori...
Online communities dedicated to the use of a toxic bleach solution to treat everything from cancer to autism believe Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interested in their cause.
www.wired.com/story/chlori...
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Breaking: A 5-year-old boy was killed by a fire in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber at a quack clinic in the Detroit area called The Oxford Center.
We don't know why the boy was there, but the center peddles HBOT as virtual cure-all, including for autism, ALS, cerebral palsy, and "chronic Lyme".
We don't know why the boy was there, but the center peddles HBOT as virtual cure-all, including for autism, ALS, cerebral palsy, and "chronic Lyme".
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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