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Marty Makary cites long-time chronic Lyme cult propagandist Kris Newby, but Newby does not mention Lab 257 or a Nazi scientist in her book. And her claim about Plum Island (where Lyme was NOT studied) is limited to a single paragraph.
Newby's nonsensical conspiracy theories are much more nebulous.
Newby's nonsensical conspiracy theories are much more nebulous.
Oh god, Lyme too, of course. "Where did Lyme disease come from? I can tell you with a high degree of probability, it came from Lab 257 on Plum island, just outside of Connecticut, 25 miles from Lyme, Connecticut, where the first case was described."
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Marty Makary cites long-time chronic Lyme cult propagandist Kris Newby, but Newby does not mention Lab 257 or a Nazi scientist in her book. And her claim about Plum Island (where Lyme was NOT studied) is limited to a single paragraph.
Newby's nonsensical conspiracy theories are much more nebulous.
Newby's nonsensical conspiracy theories are much more nebulous.
Marty Makary also doesn't seem to understand the basics of drug development.
He cannot comprehend (much less explain) why a drug company would file multiple patents on the same drug. Here's an example: You need separate patents on the drug itself and methods of manufacturing it.
He cannot comprehend (much less explain) why a drug company would file multiple patents on the same drug. Here's an example: You need separate patents on the drug itself and methods of manufacturing it.
In 2 recent interviews, Marty Makary says he wants to cure deafness, blindness, and cancer.
In those same interviews, he demonizes birth doses of HepB vaccine and antibiotic eye ointment, which prevent cancer and blindness, respectively.
RFK Jr hates MMRV, which prevents 4 causes of deafness!
In those same interviews, he demonizes birth doses of HepB vaccine and antibiotic eye ointment, which prevent cancer and blindness, respectively.
RFK Jr hates MMRV, which prevents 4 causes of deafness!
November 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Marty Makary also doesn't seem to understand the basics of drug development.
He cannot comprehend (much less explain) why a drug company would file multiple patents on the same drug. Here's an example: You need separate patents on the drug itself and methods of manufacturing it.
He cannot comprehend (much less explain) why a drug company would file multiple patents on the same drug. Here's an example: You need separate patents on the drug itself and methods of manufacturing it.
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Giving mendacious and cruel people free reign on healthcare and vaccine regulations will leave a lasting negative legacy on the health of the nation. Historians will write about this. Many will die as a result of the irresponsible actions of a misguided few.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA claims Covid shots killed 10 children and vows new vaccine rules
Vaccine experts said the memo was irresponsible and omits key details about how officials arrived at the conclusion.
www.nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Giving mendacious and cruel people free reign on healthcare and vaccine regulations will leave a lasting negative legacy on the health of the nation. Historians will write about this. Many will die as a result of the irresponsible actions of a misguided few.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
In 2 recent interviews, Marty Makary says he wants to cure deafness, blindness, and cancer.
In those same interviews, he demonizes birth doses of HepB vaccine and antibiotic eye ointment, which prevent cancer and blindness, respectively.
RFK Jr hates MMRV, which prevents 4 causes of deafness!
In those same interviews, he demonizes birth doses of HepB vaccine and antibiotic eye ointment, which prevent cancer and blindness, respectively.
RFK Jr hates MMRV, which prevents 4 causes of deafness!
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
In 2 recent interviews, Marty Makary says he wants to cure deafness, blindness, and cancer.
In those same interviews, he demonizes birth doses of HepB vaccine and antibiotic eye ointment, which prevent cancer and blindness, respectively.
RFK Jr hates MMRV, which prevents 4 causes of deafness!
In those same interviews, he demonizes birth doses of HepB vaccine and antibiotic eye ointment, which prevent cancer and blindness, respectively.
RFK Jr hates MMRV, which prevents 4 causes of deafness!
In two recent lengthy podcast interviews, Marty Makary spreads nonsense about vaccines, COVID, Lyme, HIV/AIDS, birth doses of antibiotics and HepB vaccine, Anthony Fauci, the JFK assassination, saturated fat, and CDC employees.
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2025-11-25 PBD Podcast - Patrick Bet-David interviews Marty Makary [LymeScience transcript]
Updated 2025-11-29 6:01 PM UTC Video: https://www.youtube.com/live/qHolaPfRv8g Transcript is of the podcast mp3: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fda-commissioner-marty-makary-tylenol-vaccine...
docs.google.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In two recent lengthy podcast interviews, Marty Makary spreads nonsense about vaccines, COVID, Lyme, HIV/AIDS, birth doses of antibiotics and HepB vaccine, Anthony Fauci, the JFK assassination, saturated fat, and CDC employees.
1: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
2: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
1: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
2: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The attack on vaccines by the bad actors who are running amok in the U.S. government will result in the following:
1. Substantial reduction in vaccine access
2. Significantly increased vaccine-preventable disease
3. Significantly increased pediatric deaths
4. A witch hunt for a “cover up”.
1. Substantial reduction in vaccine access
2. Significantly increased vaccine-preventable disease
3. Significantly increased pediatric deaths
4. A witch hunt for a “cover up”.
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The attack on vaccines by the bad actors who are running amok in the U.S. government will result in the following:
1. Substantial reduction in vaccine access
2. Significantly increased vaccine-preventable disease
3. Significantly increased pediatric deaths
4. A witch hunt for a “cover up”.
1. Substantial reduction in vaccine access
2. Significantly increased vaccine-preventable disease
3. Significantly increased pediatric deaths
4. A witch hunt for a “cover up”.
It is bizarre to watch Marty Makary say parents should have a choice to try leucovorin as a highly dubious autism treatment while he and RFK Jr. try to take away safe and effective vaccines against deadly infections.
Makary shows himself to be quite the crank in two recent podcast interviews.
Makary shows himself to be quite the crank in two recent podcast interviews.
My comments with @ddiamond.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com more antivaccine MAHA pseudoscience headed our way www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
It is bizarre to watch Marty Makary say parents should have a choice to try leucovorin as a highly dubious autism treatment while he and RFK Jr. try to take away safe and effective vaccines against deadly infections.
Makary shows himself to be quite the crank in two recent podcast interviews.
Makary shows himself to be quite the crank in two recent podcast interviews.
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Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
US CDC: a public health agency in critical condition
For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been
the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses,
and safeguarding population hea...
www.thelancet.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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226/250 is The Lyme vaccine: a cautionary tale
Great story about a complicated story. There's potential for some interesting history with LYMErix and RotaShield
Great story about a complicated story. There's potential for some interesting history with LYMErix and RotaShield
The Lyme vaccine: a cautionary tale
People living in endemic areas acquire Lyme disease from the bite of an infected tick. This infection, when diagnosed and treated early in its course, usually responds well to antibiotic therapy. A minority of patients develops more serious disease, ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
226/250 is The Lyme vaccine: a cautionary tale
Great story about a complicated story. There's potential for some interesting history with LYMErix and RotaShield
Great story about a complicated story. There's potential for some interesting history with LYMErix and RotaShield
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New from me—some thoughts on what has become of the CDC website and why it is so disappointing.
open.substack.com/pub/deplatfo...
open.substack.com/pub/deplatfo...
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New from me—some thoughts on what has become of the CDC website and why it is so disappointing.
open.substack.com/pub/deplatfo...
open.substack.com/pub/deplatfo...
Thankful that the atrocious jury verdict against a children’s hospital has been reversed!
See also the abuse of Maya Kowalski at the hands of her mother Beata Kowalski.
Unfortunately, the Kowalskis sued the hospital that protected Maya from the abuse.
A terrible jury decision found the hospital liable for $261 million.
Unfortunately, the Kowalskis sued the hospital that protected Maya from the abuse.
A terrible jury decision found the hospital liable for $261 million.
Ketamine is increasingly being used off-label as an antidepressant, in different forms, at different doses, and with little regulation or research. This is a must-read for anyone curious about ketamine or the state of DIY medical treatments undark.org/2025/06/04/k... by Dawn Fallik on @undark.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Thankful that the atrocious jury verdict against a children’s hospital has been reversed!
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The CDC this week cited some of our work in new guidance related to vaccines and autism. However, the citations do not provide the greater context of the full body of work on vaccine safety that is essential for informed debate about this topic.
Read our full statement: https://ow.ly/CA9R50XxETA
Read our full statement: https://ow.ly/CA9R50XxETA
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The CDC this week cited some of our work in new guidance related to vaccines and autism. However, the citations do not provide the greater context of the full body of work on vaccine safety that is essential for informed debate about this topic.
Read our full statement: https://ow.ly/CA9R50XxETA
Read our full statement: https://ow.ly/CA9R50XxETA
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Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
The current Surgeon General of Louisiana has made headlines recently, including for allegedly burying a whooping cough outbreak.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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A bit of Frye and Rossignol
forbetterscience.com/2025/11/25/a...
forbetterscience.com/2025/11/25/a...
A bit of Frye and Rossignol
“Trapped inside every autist, a normal child with normal cognition is struggling to get out – only needing the right drug or therapy to be released”, – Smut Clyde
forbetterscience.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
A bit of Frye and Rossignol
forbetterscience.com/2025/11/25/a...
forbetterscience.com/2025/11/25/a...
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My first piece for the newly-rebranded @msnowreports.bsky.social: RFK Jr.'s changing the CDC's stance on autism and vaccines signifies just another step in the backlash to #Neurodiversity. And it is a disservice to #ActuallyAutistic people.
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
Opinion | RFK Jr.'s latest anti-vaccine move will cause untold harm to autistic Americans
The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health care system that helps people.
www.ms.now
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My first piece for the newly-rebranded @msnowreports.bsky.social: RFK Jr.'s changing the CDC's stance on autism and vaccines signifies just another step in the backlash to #Neurodiversity. And it is a disservice to #ActuallyAutistic people.
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
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You could skip The Atlantic&read @thinkingautism.com newsletter abt RFK the Lesser's motivation&the wellness-grifter whisperers who fuel it.
He has 1 "encompassing motivation&that is Being Right About This whether he has to lie, cheat, or let children die to do it."
buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...
He has 1 "encompassing motivation&that is Being Right About This whether he has to lie, cheat, or let children die to do it."
buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
You could skip The Atlantic&read @thinkingautism.com newsletter abt RFK the Lesser's motivation&the wellness-grifter whisperers who fuel it.
He has 1 "encompassing motivation&that is Being Right About This whether he has to lie, cheat, or let children die to do it."
buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...
He has 1 "encompassing motivation&that is Being Right About This whether he has to lie, cheat, or let children die to do it."
buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...
He's quite adept at making people sick
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
He's quite adept at making people sick
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Fifteen years after Andrew Wakefield lost his medical license for his bogus study on autism and vaccines, the ascent of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has given the discredited former doctor a new level of popularity.
www.ms.now/news/the-ret...
www.ms.now/news/the-ret...
The doctor who falsely tied vaccines to autism is enjoying a comeback
Andrew Wakefield, who was once cast out for his retracted study tying autism to the MMR vaccine, is making a comeback in the second term of President Donald Trump as an ally of Health and Human Servic...
www.ms.now
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Fifteen years after Andrew Wakefield lost his medical license for his bogus study on autism and vaccines, the ascent of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has given the discredited former doctor a new level of popularity.
www.ms.now/news/the-ret...
www.ms.now/news/the-ret...
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The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism. The CDC webpage about vaccines and autism now misrepresents the science and lies to the public about vaccines and autism. It’s just part of RFK Jr.'s ongoing war on vaccines. sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-cdc-is-l...
The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism
The CDC webpage about vaccines and autism now misrepresents the science and lies to the public about vaccines and autism. It's just part of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s continuing war on vacc
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism. The CDC webpage about vaccines and autism now misrepresents the science and lies to the public about vaccines and autism. It’s just part of RFK Jr.'s ongoing war on vaccines. sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-cdc-is-l...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
RFK Jr continues to be a scumbag
NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
RFK Jr continues to be a scumbag
Steven Gundry, MD is entry #2952 in the Encyclopedia of American Loons!
Gundry is financially connected to predatory lab Vibrant America/Vibrant Wellness.
He uses Vibrant's dubious tests to diagnose "leaky gut", which he blames for autoimmune disease. Then he sells the treatments.
Gundry is financially connected to predatory lab Vibrant America/Vibrant Wellness.
He uses Vibrant's dubious tests to diagnose "leaky gut", which he blames for autoimmune disease. Then he sells the treatments.
#2952: Steven Gundry
Steven Gundry is a pseudoscience-based wellness guru who has, apparently, managed to achieve something close to stardom in the wellness com...
americanloons.blogspot.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Steven Gundry, MD is entry #2952 in the Encyclopedia of American Loons!
Gundry is financially connected to predatory lab Vibrant America/Vibrant Wellness.
He uses Vibrant's dubious tests to diagnose "leaky gut", which he blames for autoimmune disease. Then he sells the treatments.
Gundry is financially connected to predatory lab Vibrant America/Vibrant Wellness.
He uses Vibrant's dubious tests to diagnose "leaky gut", which he blames for autoimmune disease. Then he sells the treatments.
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About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Journalists Sirin Kale & Lucy Osborne:
Looking back at the person she was when she was pregnant, it’s sometimes hard for Lopez to recognise herself. [...] Lopez tries to explain how she got caught up in FBS.
“Nobody joins a cult willingly,” she says. “You think you’re joining a great movement.”
Looking back at the person she was when she was pregnant, it’s sometimes hard for Lopez to recognise herself. [...] Lopez tries to explain how she got caught up in FBS.
“Nobody joins a cult willingly,” she says. “You think you’re joining a great movement.”
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Journalists Sirin Kale & Lucy Osborne:
Looking back at the person she was when she was pregnant, it’s sometimes hard for Lopez to recognise herself. [...] Lopez tries to explain how she got caught up in FBS.
“Nobody joins a cult willingly,” she says. “You think you’re joining a great movement.”
Looking back at the person she was when she was pregnant, it’s sometimes hard for Lopez to recognise herself. [...] Lopez tries to explain how she got caught up in FBS.
“Nobody joins a cult willingly,” she says. “You think you’re joining a great movement.”