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Scott Gavura

@pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org
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🇨🇦Advocate for science-based health policy | pseudoscience critic | blogger at #sciencebasedmedicine | I post in personal capacity | I'd rather be skiing. 🇺🇦

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/08/2026
The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.
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Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
i wonder what American cheese used to be named
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
he's no longer going the distance. he's not going for speed. he's going to take a nap
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Brigid @brigidbh.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Thanks 🇨🇦 Global News, important 60 Minutes CECOT story. #Cdnpoli
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power. In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.” www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
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Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
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Moi c’est Glenn @oldest40yearold.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The Simpsons already did this.
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a cartoon of two men standing next to each other with the caption and now the winner of the first annual montgomery burns award for
ALT: a cartoon of two men standing next to each other with the caption and now the winner of the first annual montgomery burns award for
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 08/09/2025
Kudos to @formerantivax.bsky.social for writing this fantastic, insightful piece for Macleans magazine. She explains her journey here:
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 08/09/2025
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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Denial of germ theory and the genetic basis of disease: Two pillars of MAHA
To understand MAHA, understand the specific science that it denies.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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.
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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...
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 02/09/2025
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...
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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
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 31/08/2025
Looks like Vinay doesn’t like the facts that @joho.bsky.social keeps documenting. sciencebasedmedicine.org/vinayprasadl...
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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.
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SimpsonsQOTD @simpsonsqotd.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
"I don't know where you magic pixies came from, but I like your pixie drink."
Season 5 / Episode 8
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
how can i be sure i’m in the right timeline
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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...
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Pearl Freier @pearlf.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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
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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.
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 26/08/2025
via @angierasmussen.bsky.social : "Get your family immunized now, while you still can." rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/what-vacci...
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What Vaccines Can I Get this Fall?
Probably most of them, but maybe for the last time. Get them while you can.
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 25/08/2025
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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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
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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
"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...
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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.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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...
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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.
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Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
America is finally healthy again
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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...
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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
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 18/08/2025
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...
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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
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 13/08/2025
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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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
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
#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...
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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.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Measles was eradicated with the vaccine, which is 97% effective at preventing measles. Antivaxxers are the ones keeping people sick for profit.
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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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...
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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.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 06/08/2025
We asked some Australians to try these classic Canadian snack foods and they died, they all died
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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.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
There’s not enough fentanyl coming from Canada
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/08/2025
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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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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...
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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
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 05/08/2025
Via @joho.bsky.social : " We don’t have to debate whether or not Dr. Prasad “would have” restored trust. He didn’t. He was given the opportunity, and he failed." sciencebasedmedicine.org/byevinay/
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Dr. Vinay Prasad’s Legacy is Shattered Trust & 11 Other Thoughts on His Decision to Spend More Time with His Family
Anyone who defends Dr. Vinay Prasad today is admitting he failed to restore trust.
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
When I first saw this photo a day or so ago, I thought it was an AI-generated prank. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Close encounter with great white shark near Halifax sparks awe, disbelief | CBC News
A Dalhousie University student studying marine biology is sharing a breathtaking photo of a great white shark she took while on a recent research expedition off the coast of Halifax.
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 04/08/2025
via @gorskon.bsky.social : "When Mike Adams okays a post portraying you as a brave truth-teller, your medical and scientific credibility should be demolished for the rest of your life. " sciencebasedmedicine.org/prasad-is-to...
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EBM “Boy Wonder” Vinay Prasad is toppled
Evidence-based medicine "Boy Wonder" Dr. Vinay Prasad was fired as CBER Director after less than three months on the job. What can the kerfuffle surrounding his ouster tell us about the FDA and doctor
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 01/08/2025
Angie Rasmussen takes a blowtorch to Vinay Prasad #scicomm
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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
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
EBM “Boy Wonder” Dr. Vinay Prasad was fired as FDA's CBER Director after less than three months on the job. What can the kerfuffle surrounding his ouster tell us about the FDA and doctors who enabled Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and serve as useful idiots? sciencebasedmedicine.org/prasad-is-to...
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EBM “Boy Wonder” Vinay Prasad is toppled
Evidence-based medicine "Boy Wonder" Dr. Vinay Prasad was fired as CBER Director after less than three months on the job. What can the kerfuffle surrounding his ouster tell us about the FDA and doctor
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 03/08/2025
"Now everyone knows him as the biggest clown in medicine, flaming out of the Trump Administration in a matter of just a few weeks. Was it worth it, Vinay?" www.panaccindex.info/p/a-eulogy-f...
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A Eulogy for Vinay Prasad's FDA Career
The Nation's Leading Expert on Prasadism Reflects
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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Link: www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
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Anti-Vax America: The Complete Series - It Could Happen Here | iHeart
<p dir='ltr'>This special edition of ICHH Weekly compiles the complete Anti-Vax America series by guest host Steven Monacelli.</p> <p>- Viral Texas</p> <p>- Anti-Vax Genealogy</p> <p>- God's Will</p> ...
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Reupping my miniseries in case you missed it.
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 25/07/2025
“…who has promoted hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin as COVID treatments…”. Quelle surprise. retractionwatch.com/2025/07/22/m...
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Microbiome company CEO who linked COVID vaccine to bacterial decline now has four retractions
A gastroenterologist and microbiome researcher who has promoted hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin as COVID treatments has lost a paper after a sleuth reported differences between the article and th…
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Daniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Rather than “anti-vaxxer,” I tend to use “anti-vaccine agitators,” “the anti-vaccine industry,” “anti-vaccine activists,” etc, depending on the discussion. The merely vaccine hesitant should not be conflated with dedicated or professional opponents of vaccination. Never use “vaccine skeptics”!
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 25/07/2025
Per @joho.bsky.social : "It’s a dangerous time to be a child in America." sciencebasedmedicine.org/trap/
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With Laura Loomer on One Side and Dr. Paul Offit on the Other, Our FDA Leaders are Caught in a Trap of Their Own Making
After years of bashing the medical establishment, Drs. Vinay Prasad and Marty Makary are stuck in a trap. Any attempt to escape only tightens its grip.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
High fructose corn syrup is generally 55% fructose and 45% glucose. Cane sugar is 50% fructose and 50% glucose. The problem is not HFCS. I wonder how long it will be before the FDA memory holes this page. Link below.
Screenshot from FDA that says Is HFCS less safe than other sweeteners?
FDA receives many inquiries asking about the safety of HFCS, often referring to studies about how humans metabolize fructose or fructose-containing sweeteners. These studies are based on the observation that there are some differences between how we metabolize fructose and other simple sugars.
We are not aware of any evidence, including the studies mentioned above, that there is a difference in safety between foods containing HFCS 42 or HFCS 55 and foods containing similar amounts of other nutritive sweeteners with approximately equal glucose and fructose content, such as sucrose, honey, or other traditional sweeteners. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that everyone limit consumption of all added sugars, including HFCS and sucrose. FDA participated in the development of the Dietary Guidelines and fully supports this recommendation.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Why is the NYTimes platforming disinformation doctors like Monica Gandhi to allow them to complain about their own actions?
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 22/07/2025
Via @gorskon.bsky.social :"He doesn’t like EBM because he thinks all the RCTs on vaccines that demonstrate their safety and efficacy are 'fraudulent'." sciencebasedmedicine.org/an-antivaxxe...
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An antivaxxer attacks the evidence-based medicine paradigm: Echoes of RFK Jr.’s “gold standard science”
Last week, antivaxxer Toby Rogers published two very long screeds attacking the EBM paradigm. Cleverly, echoed some of our criticisms of EBM but twisted them so that they are science denying, rather t
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
FDA panel promotes #misinformation about antidepressants during pregnancy www.nbcnews.com/health/menta... "...rousing concerns about safety that are not evidence-based or established..." Reality: "no convincing evidence to suggest that SSRIs are linked to autism or birth defects."
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FDA panel promotes misinformation about antidepressants during pregnancy, psychiatrists say
Nearly all of the 10 panelists emphasized what they said were risks of the drugs. Some claimed, without evidence, that antidepressants don't work at all.
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 22/07/2025
Watch @drjengunter.bsky.social 's take on the FDA Expert Panel on SSRIs in Pregnancy: vajenda.substack.com/p/my-take-on...
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My Take on the FDA Expert Panel on SSRIs in Pregnancy
A recording from Dr. Jen Gunter's live video
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
There's been a big surge of people getting injections of biologically active peptides without data to support their use or FDA approval (and off-label use). I've written about the status of 15 of them here, along with NAD+. erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...
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The Peptide Craze
The Surge in Use of Off-Label and Non-FDA Approved Peptides
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Scott Gavura @pharmacistscott.sciencebasedmedicine.org · 22/07/2025
As if on schedule, the pseudoscientific idea that drinking bleach is a cure-all is back. edzardernst.com/2025/07/the-...
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The US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. emboldens the ‘Bleach Boys’
On this blog, we have repeatedly discussed BLEACH and several of the individuals promoting it (who I called 'BLEACH BOYS') as a cure for just about everything, e.g.: Beware of the ‘Bleach Boys’ – hydr...
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