Why is it that in the world of “alternative” medicine (aka quackery), shilling for Big Pharma is viewed as the ultimate disqualification by aficionados, but those same people simultaneously turn a blind eye to shilling for Big Farma (herbs and supplements)?
Indeed, as Aviva Romm, MD demonstrates, one of the most effective tactics in shilling for Big Farma is criticizing Big Pharma. Romm, former homebirth midwife, and current herbalist and functional “medicine” physician, is a walking, talking financial conflict of interest. She monetizes fear of Big Pharma to shill for Big Farma...
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Saturday, 29 July 2017
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Gwyneth and her medi-shills strike back | The Skeptical OB
Quacktress Gwyneth Paltrow has taken PT Barnum’s advice to heart.
Barnum famously said that you can’t go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Paltrow is channeling Barnum with her website goop and is laughing all the way to the bank.
When quacktresses like Paltrow trade on their celebrity to sell useless, nonsensical and potentially dangerous products, they aren’t empowering women; they’re taking advantage of them.
But not everyone is laughing with Paltrow. Some are laughing at her. Indeed OB-GYN Jen Gunter has made a specialty of skewering Paltrow and she never lacks for material. Highlights include:
Read on: Gwyneth and her medi-shills strike back | The Skeptical OB
Barnum famously said that you can’t go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Paltrow is channeling Barnum with her website goop and is laughing all the way to the bank.
When quacktresses like Paltrow trade on their celebrity to sell useless, nonsensical and potentially dangerous products, they aren’t empowering women; they’re taking advantage of them.
But not everyone is laughing with Paltrow. Some are laughing at her. Indeed OB-GYN Jen Gunter has made a specialty of skewering Paltrow and she never lacks for material. Highlights include:
- Gwyneth Paltrow says steam your vagina, an OB/GYN says don’t
- Dear Gwyneth Paltrow, I’m a GYN and your vaginal jade eggs are a bad idea
- Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t have adrenal fatigue because it doesn’t exist
Read on: Gwyneth and her medi-shills strike back | The Skeptical OB
Friday, 30 January 2015
Anti-vaxxers, the real welfare queens | The Skeptical OB
Oops, my bad!
Until recently I would have told you that welfare queens were a figment of the right wing (and often racist) imagination, but I’ve learned that they’re are real. They’re not women of color on welfare, though, they are white, relatively well off anti-vaxxers.
What is a welfare queen?
Read on: Anti-vaxxers, the real welfare queens | The Skeptical OB
Friday, 12 December 2014
Monetizing fear: Food Babe show how it’s done | The Skeptical OB
PT Barnum famously said that you can’t go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public and blogger Vani Hari (Food Babe) is demonstrating the truth of that adage. Her artful manipulation of her Food Babe Army would warm Barnum’s heart.
Like Barnum, Hari depends for her money on the gullibility and lack of sophistication of her followers. They are so naive that they seem to have no awareness that Food Babe is a business, and they’ve been duped into buying an endless array of its useless products...
Read the rest here: Monetizing fear: Food Babe show how it’s done | The Skeptical OB
Like Barnum, Hari depends for her money on the gullibility and lack of sophistication of her followers. They are so naive that they seem to have no awareness that Food Babe is a business, and they’ve been duped into buying an endless array of its useless products...
Read the rest here: Monetizing fear: Food Babe show how it’s done | The Skeptical OB
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