Notices by David Gorski, MD, PhD (gorskon@med-mastodon.com)

Strength of belief does *not* correlate with correctness of belief. This cannot be repeated often enough.

"Medical freedom" does not mean what "health freedom" activists like Dr. Clayton Baker claim it means. Basically, it means the freedom for quacks and antivaxxers to prey on the public without any pesky regulation stopping them. It also means the "freedom" of quack doctors to spew their dangerous quackery without professional or government sanction under the guise of "free speech" and "debate." https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2023/11/22/what-is-medical-freedom/

COVID-19 minimizers and antivaxxers at the Brownstone Institute, the "spiritual child of the Great Barrington Declaration," really don't like having their disinformation called out. https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2023/06/02/censorship-the-word-disinformation-artists-use-when-called-out/

After SBM suffered the unexpected loss of our co-founder Dr. Harriet Hall last week, we were angered and distressed to see antivaxxers saying that she had #DiedSuddenly because of #CovidVaccines. This dangerous narrative is even more painful when it targets a friend. Dr. Gorski tries to get past his initial anger and explain this dangerous conspiracy theory. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/when-antivax-died-suddenly-conspiracy-mongering-vultures-target-a-friend-and-colleague/