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Ever since longtime antivaccine activist, supporter of “natural health” quackery, and fear mongered about food ingredients Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his quixotic Presidential campaign and bent the knee to Donald Trump in exchange for a high-ranking health-related position in the Trump administration, should Trump win, I’ve been trying to warn my readers what it […]
Is phenylephrine destined for the history books? On November 7, 2024, the FDA announced that it is proposing to remove oral phenylephrine as a drug that is permitted for use in over-the-counter (OTC) drug products. This is a good decision for consumers, because phenylephrine is ineffective as an ingredient, and should never have been authorized […]
Last week, the day before the election, I described Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who in return for abandoning his quixotic and bizarre campaign for the Presidency as an independent to bend the knee and swear everlasting fealty to former President Donald Trump had been promised control over the entire federal health policy apparatus, as an […]
Prelude: A shift in the political center of gravity of antivax and quackery It’s the day before the 2024 election, and, contemplating what to write today, I realized that there was really only one topic that I could address. I’ve said many times that this blog strives to be nonpartisan but not apolitical. After all, […]
The New York Post recently published an opinion piece in support of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya – billed as having “battled for COVID common sense over media and government censors” – receiving a “top award” and hitting out at those who have criticized the Stanford University health economist for his spread of misinformation, including Rep. Raja […]
As hard as it is to believe, I’ve been writing about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for nearly two decades. It all began in 2005 when RFK Jr. first “outed” himself as an antivaxxer by writing a conspiracy-laden “exposé” of the CDC falsely claiming that it was covering up evidence that the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal had […]
In September, I wrote about how, after having given up his quixotic campaign for President and (predictably) finally bent the knee to Former President Donald Trump in return for the promise of a high ranking health-related position in Trump’s cabinet, should he win, longtime antivax conspiracy theorist RFK Jr. unveiled his agenda to “Make America […]