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- shakna 4mo agoRFK's reliance on terrain theory, disproved continually since some five hundred years ago, does much to assist in citations - it is common to cite bad science as evidence where we need to improve public comprehension.
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- Sabinus 4mo agoI don't approve of the downvoting and flagging, if there's anywhere on the internet that conspiracy ideas can be constructively pushed back on it should be here. That being said you're not making very detailed defences of RFK's book and ideas. Can you be more specific on some ideas or claims from his book that you believe in and how they're supported?
- dang 4mo agoYou've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly. If you keep this up, we will ban you. We already asked you to stop this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46534572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46534572. There are, unfortunately, many examples of your doing this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756136 (April 2026) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47745846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47745846 (April 2026) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47053228 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47053228 (Feb 2026) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46755775 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46755775 (Jan 2026) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46605417 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46605417 (Jan 2026) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46522898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46522898 (Jan 2026) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45988414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45988414 (Nov 2025) This is not a comment about any of your views on vaccines or anything else. But you can't post like this regardless of what your view is on any topic. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here.
- manwe150 4mo agoHaving read it, he does cite something for almost every claim. Although almost every source also contradicts his conclusions on some basic, logical, statistical, mathematical, or humane level, if you bother to fact check them. So it’s quite hard to quantify what it means to say it has good citations.
- doginasuit 4mo agoWell cited doesn't mean very much outside of the context of peer reviewed work. This book pushes Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine as "miracle cures", thanks to that idea my relatives also have a stockpile of both.
- LastTrain 4mo agoI have a simple rule. If a person spews complete bullshit I no longer trust them.
- api 4mo ago“I won’t put chemicals from big pharma in my body!” Proceeds to raw dog a bunch of “research chemicals” cause some roided up bro talked about it on a podcast… https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U7gbFMWZWlo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U7gbFMWZWlo They’re not vaccines though.
- javea71 4mo agoI think you'll find there's a rational distrust in big pharma
- epistasis 4mo agoI don't think I'll find that, after investigating the claims I have heard.
- babypuncher 4mo agoTwo things can be true: Big Pharma can be evil, and their products are much better vetted for safety and efficacy than random peptides sourced form mystery factories.
- vlian2088 4mo agoand do you really think a significant percentage of forced vaccination detractors are taking mystery peptides? have there been studies, or are you vibing this guess off snarky reddit comments?
- ianm218 4mo agoAnecdotally I know several people who would fall in the camp of anti vax but openly use peptides. And intuitively it makes sense we’re talking about groups of people who are skeptical of main stream institutional health recommendations but trust specific personal sources for medical advice. I’m vibing but it feels like there is a pretty clear intersection of peptides and the fringe science health community no?
- epistasis 4mo agoOf course there's a huge overlap, but perhaps more significantly is that RFK Jr. who is in charge of the entire regulatory structure is both an anti-scientific anti-vaxxer and wants to tear down the safety and efficacy regulations around peptides at the same time: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/rfk-jr-stacks-fda-panel-with-peptide-peddlers-as-fda-scientists-oppose-access/ https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/rfk-jr-stacks-fda-pan...
- quotemstr 4mo agoNobody's used state power to mandate peptides and social media censorship to reports of adverse effects. As many of us said at the time, the mandates weren't worth the destruction of public trust, especially because the vaccine wasn't even sterilizing. The next time there's a crisis, resist the urge to use the government to achieve outcomes by brute force. It doesn't work and has generational adverse consequences.
- idiotsecant 4mo agoI can't even have this argument again. It's exhausting.
- RandomLensman 4mo agoHow should the US have pursued WWII if government force weren't an option?
- epistasis 4mo agohttps://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/rfk-jr-stacks-fda-panel-with-peptide-peddlers-as-fda-scientists-oppose-access/ https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/rfk-jr-stacks-fda-pan... > As many of us said at the time, the mandates weren't worth the destruction of public trust Public trust was not dissolved by the actions of the government, it was dissolved by propagandists cynically using falsehoods and half-truths to gain power. That's it. People don't distrust science because of anything scientists did, it's all because of the propagandists and the easily tricked and the political grifters. All of your accusations are, in the very best possible light, half truths, but in reality they are just lies. I think the rational part of society is tired of treating liars with kid gloves. The pandemic was a traumatic experience for all, and extra social graces were extended for a while for those who impose upon kind and polite people with their weird beliefs, but we've moved past that moment. Truth does matter!