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Apr 4 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Who is Dr. Sherri Tenpenny?
A licensed osteopathic physician turned prominent anti-vaccine activist. Let’s walk through her background, her most outrageous claims, and her recent run-ins with regulators.
Apr 4 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
1/ In 2017, Johns Hopkins released a pandemic planning document titled “The SPARS Pandemic 2025–2028”.
It wasn’t a prediction—it was a fictional scenario to help public health officials prepare for communication challenges.
Let’s take a look. 2/ The SPARS scenario imagines a novel coronavirus emerging in 2025 in the U.S., quickly spreading globally.
Sound familiar? Yes, it shares similarities with COVID-19—but it was written before the real pandemic.
It was designed as a training tool, not prophecy.
Apr 3 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Meet Dr. Immanuel Pfeiffer: physician, hypnotist, and fervent anti-vaxxer of early 1900s Boston. He believed good health was armor against smallpox. Spoiler: It wasn’t. #History #VaccinesWork 2/ In 1902, amidst a Boston smallpox outbreak, health officials challenged anti-vaxxers: “Prove your point; visit the infected without vaccination.” Enter Dr. Pfeiffer, ready to take the dare. #PublicHealth
Ref: bostonglobe.com/2021/10/14/mag…
Apr 2 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
1/ A study by Dr. Peter Hotez and colleagues estimates that over 200,000 Americans died needlessly during the COVID-19 pandemic—due to vaccine refusal fueled by disinformation.
This thread breaks it down. 2/ The research, published in PLOS Global Public Health, investigates “avoidable deaths” in the U.S. after vaccines became widely available in 2021.
The conclusion? A tragedy of disinformation, politics, and public health failure.
Apr 2 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
1️⃣ A systematic review analyzed 19 randomized controlled trials. The results indicated no significant benefit of ivermectin in reducing disease progression, viral clearance, or recovery time in COVID-19 patients.
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1/ BREAKING: Massive layoffs have begun at the CDC under RFK Jr.’s restructuring of U.S. health agencies. Around 2,400 CDC employees — nearly 20% of its workforce — are being let go.
Apr 1 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Self-medicating with ivermectin to “treat” or “prevent” COVID-19 has led to serious illness, hospitalization—and in some cases, death. Here’s a breakdown of high-profile poisonings, ER visits, and CDC warnings that followed the ivermectin craze. 2/ Oregon: Multiple Hospitalizations
Between Aug 1–Sep 14, 2021, the Oregon Poison Center reported 25 intentional ivermectin misuse cases tied to COVID.
•5 hospitalized
•2 in ICU
Symptoms: confusion, seizures, balance issues, low BP.
This is not harmless.
Apr 1 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
1/What is immunological amnesia?
It’s a phenomenon where a virus erases the immune system’s “memory” of past infections, making you vulnerable again to diseases you’d already overcome.
Measles is the clearest example. 2/ When measles virus infects the body, it doesn’t just cause a rash and fever.
It targets and destroys memory B and T cells—the very cells that remember how to fight off old enemies.
That’s immunological amnesia.
Mar 31 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
1/ An anti-vaccine influencer who took horse ivermectin daily just died of heart complications. Now his followers—many who also took it—are reporting scary symptoms of their own. A cautionary tale of medical misinformation. 2/ Danny Lemoi ran a Telegram group promoting daily ivermectin use—not just for adults, but even for children. He used the livestock version and claimed it “healed” his previously damaged heart.
Mar 30 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Did the Biden admin “pressure” the FDA to fast-track COVID vaccines and ignore risks, as Rep. Thomas Massie claims?
Let’s unpack the evidence—and what it actually tells us.
🧵 2/ Massie’s report, via the House Judiciary Subcommittee, alleges:
•The Biden team pressured FDA to approve the Pfizer vaccine & boosters.
•FDA officials resigned in protest.
•The FDA ignored vaccine injury reports.
•Trust in the agency was damaged.
Mar 30 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
1/ INTRO: Let’s talk about Vitamin D — one of the most studied nutrients in modern medicine.
This thread covers proven clinical benefits, debunks common myths, and includes peer-reviewed references.
Because science beats social media noise.
#VitaminD #EvidenceBasedMedicine 2/ WHAT IS IT?: Vitamin D is not just a vitamin — it’s a prohormone.
Your body makes it when your skin is exposed to sunlight, but food and supplements can also help.
It plays roles in bone health, immune regulation, and cellular function.
Mar 27 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Let’s walk through the timeline of how Dr. Mark Geier—now discredited and stripped of his licenses—lost the right to practice medicine across the U.S.
Why? Dangerous autism “treatments” based on junk science.
Thread: 2/ Geier promoted the disproven idea that vaccines cause autism via mercury.
He then gave autistic children Lupron, a drug that suppresses testosterone, claiming it would help “flush mercury.”
This practice was widely condemned. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Geier
Mar 27 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
🚨 BREAKING: RFK Jr., now Secretary of HHS, has appointed David (Davies) Geier to lead a study on the alleged vaccine-autism link. 🚨
This is deeply alarming. Geier has a long, discredited history of pseudoscience & unethical conduct.
Thread of facts: thetimes.com/us/news-today/…2/ David Geier is not a doctor.
He has no medical degree.
Yet he has promoted debunked claims that vaccines, especially those containing thimerosal, cause autism.
1/ Most Americans have never heard of Maurice Hilleman.
But he likely saved more lives than any other scientist in the 20th century.
He developed over 40 vaccines—including 9 of the 14 routinely given to children today.
This is his story. 2/ Born in Montana in 1919, Hilleman was raised on a farm with no electricity or plumbing.
His twin sister died at birth. His mother died soon after.
He grew up in poverty—but was brilliant, determined, and curious.
Mar 23 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Why do so many Ukrainians deeply distrust—and even hate—Russia?
It’s not about recent politics. It’s about history.
Genocide, repression, invasions.
Let’s walk through what Americans need to understand about this trauma.
A thread: 2/ First: Ukraine is not “just part of Russia.”
Ukraine has its own language, culture, and identity that predate the Soviet Union.
Tsarist Russia spent centuries trying to erase it.
In 1876, the Russian Empire even banned the Ukrainian language in public life.
Mar 15 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
1/ 🚨 Debunking the latest anti-vaccine misinformation 🚨
A new article by Nicolas Hulscher claims COVID-19 vaccines didn’t save lives and may have increased mortality. Let’s break down why this argument falls apart under scrutiny. 🧵👇
2/ First, Hulscher claims excess mortality increased in 2021 compared to 2020, despite vaccines.
This ignores critical factors:
•The pandemic evolved with new variants
•The vaccine rollout was gradual
•2021 saw delayed impacts from previous waves
Mar 15 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
1/ 🚨 Does aluminum in vaccines cause autism? A recent article by Nicolas Hulscher claims aluminum adjuvants are strongly associated with autism and should be removed from vaccines.
But does the science support this? Let’s break it down. 🧵⬇️
2/ The article relies on ecological studies, mechanistic speculation, and small-scale research to argue for a link between vaccine aluminum & autism. However, large-scale epidemiological studies and expert reviews consistently find no association.
Let’s dig in. 👇
Mar 8 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
1/ 🚨 BREAKING: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is pushing for the CDC to study vaccines and autism—despite decades of research showing no link. A waste of resources? Let’s break it down. 🧵 2/ The CDC is reportedly preparing a new study on vaccines and autism, aligning with RFK Jr.’s long-held skepticism on vaccine safety. This comes despite overwhelming scientific evidence debunking any link. (Source: Reuters)
Mar 5 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Scientists are highly confident that Gardasil (the HPV vaccine) prevents HPV-related cancers. This is backed by clinical trials, real-world data, and decades of research. Here’s why 🧵⬇️
2/ Clinical trial data is strong.
Large-scale studies show Gardasil is highly effective at preventing persistent HPV infections and precancerous lesions—the key precursors to cancer.
Mar 5 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
1/ Last night, Trump honored a little boy with brain cancer by making him an honorary Secret Service agent. A touching moment—until you realize the cruel irony behind it. 🧵⬇️ 2/ Just weeks ago, Trump ordered HHS to dismantle key cancer research programs. The same administration that put a spotlight on this child is actively gutting the funding needed to save kids like him.
Mar 1 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Bruce Lipton is a popular figure who claims that epigenetics proves we can control our genes through our thoughts, beliefs, and environment. But is that really how epigenetics works? Let’s break it down. 🧵 2/ Lipton’s Claim:
Here’s an example of what Bruce Lipton says:
“Your perception of the environment, whether it’s accurate or not, controls your biology. You are not controlled by your genes. You are controlled by your beliefs.”