MAHA Institute

RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 8): “Massive Epidemic of Vaccine Injury,” ACIP, and a prominent oncologist

The MAHA Institute is holding an event called MEVI Roundtable: Massive Epidemic of Vaccine Injury to fear monger about vaccines. Unfortunately, Dr. Wafik El-Deiry, a prominent oncologist-scientist, will participate.

/ March 9, 2026
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MAHA Government Doctors Feel Entitled to Falsely Smear Private Citizens in the Press While Demanding That They Not Be Falsely Smeared in the Press

Our so-called public servants have one set of standards for themselves and another for private citizens who dare to the challenge their government.

/ March 5, 2026
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Latest Science on Origins of SARS-CoV-2

Science continues to support a much higher likelihood of of a natural origin for SARS-CoV-2 than a "lab leak."

/ March 4, 2026
RFK Jr. fail

One year of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary: The Lancet reacts, and so do I

Editors of The Lancet published an op-ed decrying RFK Jr.'s one year of failure at HHS. They're correct about RFK Jr, but they are not blameless in what has happened.

/ March 2, 2026
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Why Should You Worry About My Vaccinated Child If Being Anti-Vaccine Works So Well

Del Bigtree and Toby Rogers, the authoritarians behind the “medical freedom” movement 

/ February 28, 2026
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Why Does Dr. Vinay Prasad Refuse to Answer Questions About His Job Performance at the FDA?

Although he took softball questions from MAHA sycophant Bari Weiss, Dr. Vinay Prasad, a public servant, refuses to leave his safe space to answer tough, but fair questions from credible reporters like Lizzy Lawrence.

/ February 27, 2026
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Implausible Apple Cider Vinegar Weight Loss Study Retracted

When a trial has results that defy basic biology, it's reasonable to be skeptical.

/ February 26, 2026
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Glyphosate Remains Controversial

Evidence still supports the efficacy and general safety of glyphosate, although certain concerns are worth investigating.

/ February 25, 2026

MAHA: Everything old is new again, except this time antiscience cranks (like Stanislaw Burzynski) are in charge

Returning from my hiatus, I couldn't decide on a specific new topic, mainly because so much bad stuff happened in my absence. So, in this post I back up a bit to reflect on how RFK Jr.'s "make America healthy again" is nothing new. What is new is that the antiscience-cranks are in charge.

/ February 23, 2026