The Theranos case should remind us that 25% of drugs approved by the FDA are later pulled from the market – so they can’t all be miracle drugs. Still, whatever a public health bureaucrat says today, the news media repeats, defends, and then enshrines as fact. Never has their lack of skepticism and curiosity about their biggest sponsors been on such colorful display as during the last two years, during which they’ve constantly promoted and parroted false Pharma claims related to new vaccines, false claims about the new Pfizer COVID treatment, false claims about Ivermectin, and every other false
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