Garbage In, Garbage Out

Here’s a quick refresher on how to get people to believe in fake studies. First, write a bunch of fake studies. Then refer back to those fake studies as evidence to support your new research. Rinse (facts), and repeat. OK, it’s not quite that simple. To really take your phony findings mainstream, you need to be appointed to a powerful position by a someone who is a fan of fake research. Which brings us to RFK Jr’s appointment of David Geier as a researcher. “In the scientific community, Mr. Geier is infamous for the deeply flawed studies he conducted with his father, Mark Geier, claiming that vaccines cause autism. Researchers have long called attention to the serious methodological and ethical defects in their work. The Geiers once created an illegitimate review board for their research, composed of themselves, family members and business associates. They also promoted the drug Lupron, used for chemical castration and prostate cancer, as a supposed treatment for autism, charging $5,000 to $6,000 monthly for unproven therapies. As a result, Mark Geier’s medical license was ultimately revoked or suspended by all 12 states in which he was licensed, and David Geier was fined for practicing medicine without a license.” Now David Geier is at the forefront of government research to determine (again) whether there’s any connection between vaccines and autism. He has some history in this area. Bad history. In the past, “a whopping two-thirds of studies that claimed to have found a link were written by David and Mark Geier. These studies have been heavily criticized for using deceptive research techniques and flawed data.” Jessica Steier in the NYT (Gift Article): The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism. (Garbage in, garbage out. It’s the story of science under this administration. And it could soon be the story of our bodies.)

+ “A major medical organization is splitting from the federal government in crafting recommendations for Covid-19 vaccinations, an unprecedented move that reflects a growing rift between the scientific community and the Trump administration’s health agencies.” National pediatrics group splits with RFK Jr. on Covid vaccinations. Meanwhile, RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi and 5G conspiracies appear to make it into MAHA report draft. (How will the do your own research crowd do their research without WiFi and 5G?)

+ The manufacturing of false “research” and fake statistics is of course not limited to the health arena. It’s central to every move the administration makes. That’s why Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics when he didn’t like the data. This questioning of real data and pushing of fake data is at the core of nearly all of the administration’s moves. Trump brought in the national guard to patrol DC even though crime numbers were down. Now, the Justice Department is investigating D.C. police over alleged fake crime data. From Trump: “D.C. gave Fake Crime numbers in order to create a false illusion of safety. This is a very bad and dangerous thing to do, and they are under serious investigation for so doing! Until 4 days ago, Washington, D.C., was the most unsafe ‘city’ in the United States, and perhaps the World. Now, in just a short period of time, it is perhaps the safest, and getting better every single hour!” After getting bombarded with enough of this twisted data, people don’t know what to believe. And that’s precisely the goal.