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Demovictory9

(34,973 posts)
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 08:38 PM Thursday

anti vax nut David Geier, practiced medicine without a license, hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S.

Kennedy Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Skeptic for Autism Study
David Geier has been hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between vaccines and autism that were debunked long ago.


A steadfast figure in the anti-vaccine movement who has helped shape Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s thinking on a possible link to autism has joined his department to work on a study examining the long-debunked theory, according to people familiar with the matter.

The new analyst, David Geier, has published numerous articles in the medical literature attempting to tie mercury in vaccines to autism. In 2012, state authorities in Maryland found that he had been practicing medicine without a license alongside his father, Mark Geier, who was a doctor at the time.

Maryland authorities also suspended Mark Geier’s medical license following claims that he endangered children with autism and exploited their parents, according to state records.

Federal judges have rejected their research on autism and vaccines as too unreliable to stand up in court.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/health/rfk-jr-autism-vaccines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7U4.bJUJ.PbJeZyhc8IHL&smid=url-share
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anti vax nut David Geier, practiced medicine without a license, hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. (Original Post) Demovictory9 Thursday OP
Who needs scientific integrity? alarimer Thursday #1
*headdesk* What's next? Someone advocating for leeches and blood letting? sakabatou Thursday #2
There is some benefit to leeches... haele Thursday #3
The overwhelming absence of relevant competence and experience... 3catwoman3 Thursday #4

alarimer

(17,057 posts)
1. Who needs scientific integrity?
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 08:46 PM
Thursday

Nothing from this guy should ever be published in a reputable journal, assuming such things continue to exist.

haele

(14,073 posts)
3. There is some benefit to leeches...
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:14 PM
Thursday

There is none to this dude and his head up the ass contrarian medical "theories".
It's going back to the humor theories. Without the basic ancient Greek and Arabic medical experimentation to find some good in some herbal chemistry.

3catwoman3

(26,437 posts)
4. The overwhelming absence of relevant competence and experience...
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 10:19 PM
Thursday

...of those chosen to be part of TCF administration, at all levels, is truly mind-blowing.

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