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The Antivaccine (Anti-Science) Party
Although there is much that is very good in the story, the overall framing is one that I see all too often (and that annoys me), namely that it’s “unexpected” that the right would ally with antivaxxers. It’s not unexpected. It never was unexpected. But the mainstream media have long labored under this delusion even though it hasn’t been even remotely true for at least several years, if not much more than a decade.
Source: One more time: The Republican Party is the antivaccine party – RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE
Massachusetts Attorney General Sues School Health Corporation Over Selling Snake Oil Theraworx Prodcut to School Districts
Sadly the AG does not have the legal authority to sue the manufacturer of the Theraworx Protect product, Avadim Health, and get it taken off the market. Hopefully the FDA has taken notice and is working to get the snake oil hand sanitizer re-labeled accurately and the FTC will ensure the false advertising stops.
Of course Avidim Health’s other snake oil placebo products (Theraworx Releif, PHUEL, and Combat One) are almost certainly exempt from regulation in the USA. This is because Orrin G. Hatch (R–UT) made sure we have a law that specifically exempts snake-oil placebo’s from needing to be effective.
Bravo Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
His lies, his illogical defense, and his hubris damage all professional athletes.
Source: Aaron Rodgers Didn’t Just Lie – by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem, not just one of the best athletes of all time but also a wise rational human.
RFK Jr. Wields His Anti-Vax Wealth to Censor Critic
The incredibly despicable RJK Jr., consorts with some of the most damaging groups on the planet in his quest to encourage needless suffering and death. It doesn’t increase his upper class wealth enough to sue the newspapers who report on his atrocities but he’s using it against a little guy. I’m sure his Dad and Uncles are very disappointed with how he turned out.
Source: RFK Jr. Sues to Identify Blogger Critic – Reason.com
Aromatherapy That Kills
What’s traditionally been a silly placebo that takes money from the gullible has now become a potentially deadly snake oil scam.
Source: Mystery of deadly US infections solved; aromatherapy spray at Walmart to blame | Ars Technica
Good Primer on How We Got Here
We’re living through tens of thousands of avoidable deaths caused by the anti-intellectualism movement ignoring reality.
The problem is not as much ignorance as the false illusion of knowledge.
Source: Experts Abused for Talking to the Public | Science-Based Medicine
Best Line of the Week
Apparently, you go to this “school” to get a degree in ignorance and dishonesty.
Source: Why are private schools?
Better Headline
This would be my choice for the headline:
71% of Unvaccinated Have No Critical Thinking Skills
Source: Poll: 71% of unvaccinated say booster doses mean vaccines aren’t working | Ars Technica
How Long Will It Take?
With the right wing loonies going all in against all vaccinations, how long will it take for the population of their followers to shrink to the point that they are no longer a concern?
Clearly it won’t happen in the next decade because of other medical interventions preventing so much serious disease and death. So their strategy of going all in on the insanity will likely help keep their base together for the next few presidential election cycles.
However, eventually too many people will have seen too much needless suffering and death among Republican and independent Trumpist’s families that they’ll stop following the insane advice and also stop voting for those who want to encourage their suffering & death for power and profit.
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