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RFK Jr compares vaccination to the Holocaust, rejects established science showing HIV causes AIDS, & makes false claims that: vaccines cause autism, COVID-19 spared Jews & Chinese people, gender dysphoria is caused by chemical exposure, & SSRIs cause school shootings
www.nytimes.com/article/rfk-...
www.nytimes.com/article/rfk-...
7 Noteworthy Falsehoods Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Has Promoted
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
RFK Jr compares vaccination to the Holocaust, rejects established science showing HIV causes AIDS, & makes false claims that: vaccines cause autism, COVID-19 spared Jews & Chinese people, gender dysphoria is caused by chemical exposure, & SSRIs cause school shootings
www.nytimes.com/article/rfk-...
www.nytimes.com/article/rfk-...
For crying out loud.
We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into a defense of MAHA as the future of scientific inquiry, and never really gave us a straight answer...
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
For crying out loud.
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Prasad is stalling on showing us the evidence because this is the first time he’s actually been expected to deliver something of value.
Before he could make up whatever he wanted and gotten away with it by faking a concern about EBM.
Now people are watching and we are not impressed so far.
Before he could make up whatever he wanted and gotten away with it by faking a concern about EBM.
Now people are watching and we are not impressed so far.
"In a November memo, Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH,... told his colleagues that the agency's "career staff have found that at least 10 children have died after and because of... COVID-19 vaccination."
That is false, Inside Medicine has learned."
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus... @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
That is false, Inside Medicine has learned."
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus... @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
Opinion | FDA Vax Chief Jumped the Gun on Claims of Kid Deaths From COVID Shots
Vinay Prasad's conclusions overshot what the agency's analysts ultimately found
www.medpagetoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Prasad is stalling on showing us the evidence because this is the first time he’s actually been expected to deliver something of value.
Before he could make up whatever he wanted and gotten away with it by faking a concern about EBM.
Now people are watching and we are not impressed so far.
Before he could make up whatever he wanted and gotten away with it by faking a concern about EBM.
Now people are watching and we are not impressed so far.
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Wasting money and resources to investigate a conspiracy theory about Lyme Disease, despite the known mechanism of how it infects humans.
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
RFK, Jr.–Backed Lyme Disease Conspiracy Theory May Be Probed under New Bill
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a defense bill this week that orders an investigation into whether the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease
www.scientificamerican.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Wasting money and resources to investigate a conspiracy theory about Lyme Disease, despite the known mechanism of how it infects humans.
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
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Wait, I was told 19 kids dead in a single month didn’t matter.
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Wait, I was told 19 kids dead in a single month didn’t matter.
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We’ve gone from requiring rigorous scientific evidence to “I know a guy”
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We’ve gone from requiring rigorous scientific evidence to “I know a guy”
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The most photographed tree at #craterlake #nationalpark. Still hanging on as of #sunset on 9/18/2025. I love all the various perspectives this tree can provide of the lake for #photography.
#publiclands #travel #landscapes #oregon
#publiclands #travel #landscapes #oregon
September 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The most photographed tree at #craterlake #nationalpark. Still hanging on as of #sunset on 9/18/2025. I love all the various perspectives this tree can provide of the lake for #photography.
#publiclands #travel #landscapes #oregon
#publiclands #travel #landscapes #oregon
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These men held a crankfest that promoted long-time quacks.
Four of the participants spoke about "vaccine injuries". There was zero mention that COVID vaccines can prevent long-term complications of COVID.
Four of the participants spoke about "vaccine injuries". There was zero mention that COVID vaccines can prevent long-term complications of COVID.
September 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
These men held a crankfest that promoted long-time quacks.
Four of the participants spoke about "vaccine injuries". There was zero mention that COVID vaccines can prevent long-term complications of COVID.
Four of the participants spoke about "vaccine injuries". There was zero mention that COVID vaccines can prevent long-term complications of COVID.
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Drew Weissman on the "giving Wakefield" study by anti-vaxxers, Harlan Krumholz, and Akiko Iwasaki:
"The problem is they used a bad assay to measure spike. It’s an ultra, ultra-sensitive assay, but it makes a lot of errors, and you don’t believe anything unless it’s above a certain level as real"
"The problem is they used a bad assay to measure spike. It’s an ultra, ultra-sensitive assay, but it makes a lot of errors, and you don’t believe anything unless it’s above a certain level as real"
Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible”
In Q&A, Drew Weissman says vast literature shows Covid shots are safe, refutes claims from Retsef Levi
www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...
In Q&A, Drew Weissman says vast literature shows Covid shots are safe, refutes claims from Retsef Levi
www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...
Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible”
In a Q&A with STAT, Nobel winner Drew Weissman addressed concerns raised about Covid shots at a recent meeting of federal vaccine advisers.
www.statnews.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Drew Weissman on the "giving Wakefield" study by anti-vaxxers, Harlan Krumholz, and Akiko Iwasaki:
"The problem is they used a bad assay to measure spike. It’s an ultra, ultra-sensitive assay, but it makes a lot of errors, and you don’t believe anything unless it’s above a certain level as real"
"The problem is they used a bad assay to measure spike. It’s an ultra, ultra-sensitive assay, but it makes a lot of errors, and you don’t believe anything unless it’s above a certain level as real"
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Adam Cifu profited from pro Kennedy propaganda while Paul Sax fluffed pro Kennedy doctors like Vinay Prasad.
While we were sounding the alarm bells, they rolled out the red carpet.
They have nothing to teach us about this moment.
While we were sounding the alarm bells, they rolled out the red carpet.
They have nothing to teach us about this moment.
September 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Adam Cifu profited from pro Kennedy propaganda while Paul Sax fluffed pro Kennedy doctors like Vinay Prasad.
While we were sounding the alarm bells, they rolled out the red carpet.
They have nothing to teach us about this moment.
While we were sounding the alarm bells, they rolled out the red carpet.
They have nothing to teach us about this moment.
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"He noted that snippets of Prasad’s comments still appeared on anti-vaccine social media accounts, suggesting Prasad was directing his removal demand only at a critic and not anti-vaccine influencers. In the past, Prasad has complained about censorship by social media companies."
Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself that criticized Covid vaccines
Doctor who created now-defunct channel says he wanted to ‘preserve’ what Trump health officials said during Covid
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"He noted that snippets of Prasad’s comments still appeared on anti-vaccine social media accounts, suggesting Prasad was directing his removal demand only at a critic and not anti-vaccine influencers. In the past, Prasad has complained about censorship by social media companies."
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Another experimental exhibit that LLMs cannot reason.
Setting medical diagnosis (an area in which they are pushed hard). In this experiment they took questions in which the LLMs had previously scored well and changed the correct answer to None Of the Above (NOTA)
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Setting medical diagnosis (an area in which they are pushed hard). In this experiment they took questions in which the LLMs had previously scored well and changed the correct answer to None Of the Above (NOTA)
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Fidelity of Medical Reasoning in Large Language Models
This cross-sectional study evaluates whether the performance of large language models on medical benchmarks reflects logical reasoning or pattern recognition.
jamanetwork.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Another experimental exhibit that LLMs cannot reason.
Setting medical diagnosis (an area in which they are pushed hard). In this experiment they took questions in which the LLMs had previously scored well and changed the correct answer to None Of the Above (NOTA)
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Setting medical diagnosis (an area in which they are pushed hard). In this experiment they took questions in which the LLMs had previously scored well and changed the correct answer to None Of the Above (NOTA)
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And now government doctors got my entire channel removed.
Don’t worry.
I won’t base my entire identity around this or claim it is worse than covid. 😂
Don’t worry.
I won’t base my entire identity around this or claim it is worse than covid. 😂
August 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
And now government doctors got my entire channel removed.
Don’t worry.
I won’t base my entire identity around this or claim it is worse than covid. 😂
Don’t worry.
I won’t base my entire identity around this or claim it is worse than covid. 😂
Same Franklin bust avatar (from a photo at the Morgan library years ago) so as to not cause confusion.
August 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Same Franklin bust avatar (from a photo at the Morgan library years ago) so as to not cause confusion.