Timothy Caulfield

Kim Kardashian Calls Out Family Psychics for Wrong Bar Exam Predictions: 'Pathological Liars!' Kim Kardashian called out family psychics as ‘pathological liars’ for their wrong bar exam predictions.

Wait.... psychics are grifters? No!

Thx for heads up, Kim K! 🙏

Kim Kardashian Calls Out Family Psychics for Wrong Bar Exam Predictions: 'Pathological Liars!' okmagazine.com/p/kim-kardas...

CDC website altered to suggest possible link between vaccines and autism New guidance published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggesting vaccines may cause autism has been slammed by medical and autism advocacy groups. A CDC webpage which prev...

Vaccines do NOT cause autism.

"....independent researchers across seven countries have conducted more than 40 high quality studies involving over 5.6 million people.

The conclusion is clear & unambiguous: there’s no link between vaccines and autism."

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines

Of course it was him.

His justifications for the move? Sigh. The man is scientifically illiterate.

Dark Age 2.0

Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...

Women seem to retract fewer papers than men — but why? In an analysis of nearly 900 retracted medical-research studies, the number of female authors is disproportionately low.

For some reason, not surprised by this...👇

Women seem to retract fewer papers than men — but why? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"...under-represented when it comes to retracted articles."

CDC 1946-2025: R.I.P. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has now weaponized the CDC website to promote his anti-vaccine views

open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...
RFK Jr. just reversed the CDC's position on vaccines and autism.

Childhood fluoride exposure and cognition across the life course Childhood fluoride exposure is associated with higher academic achievement in high school.

Childhood #fluoride exposure and cognition across the life course www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

"We find robust evidence that young people who are exposed to typical, recommended levels of fluoride in drinking water perform BETTER on tests of mathematics, reading, & vocabulary..."

Introducing the j-metric: a true measure of what matters in academia Science has become obsessed with publishing numbers. With this new satirical proposal, have we reached peak metric?

Introducing the j-metric: a true measure of what matters in academia www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"...metrics are like trying to measure the ocean by counting waves, each new metric promising to quantify them more accurately than the last."

Needed: > quality < quantity

After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy

After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, CDC no longer trustworthy www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

@pauloffit.bsky.social: CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories."

"...a tragic day for public health."

Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival When I walked into the hotel lobby the first person I saw was a woman with enormous lips wearing a T-shirt that said BAN ASSAULT VACCINES. Wow, Austin really has changed, I thought. I used to come …

Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival lithub.com/amid-the-mah...

"Books are not fact-checked. Books are the perfect medium for grifters."

"Lately the world, including the book world, has felt like an epic battle btw good and evil in which the evil side has been kicking our asses."

Alberta aims to curtail regulatory bodies from sanctioning workers for after-hours activities | CBC News Many Alberta workers could no longer be investigated by their licensing bodies for what they say outside of work hours, should the legislature pass a new bill.

Alberta aims to curtail regulatory bodies from sanctioning workers for after-hours activities www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by @jantafrench.bsky.social

Me: plays on MYTH that many "brave voices" were "silenced by the overreach of regulators."

"...health misinformation does grave, grave harm..."

After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy

Scientists tell Americans not to trust the CDC.

Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

How People Feel About Vaccines Is Now Largely Political A new survey reveals growing divides on issues related to vaccines.

Yep. Political identity now THE key variable...

How People Feel About Vaccines Is Now Largely Political time.com/7334826/repu...

"About 83% of people who identified as Republicans or leaning Republican said they don’t want to get the shot, compared to 44% of Democrats."

Under RFK Jr., CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism A CDC website now promotes the debunked idea of a link between vaccines and autism.

RFK Jr is NOT a "vaccine skeptic."

He is an antivaxx grifter & zealot, as his actions in government now prove. He is a menace.

Dark sh*t...👇

Under RFK Jr., CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/c... via @helenbranswell.bsky.social et al.

There is a very, very powerful nocebo effect here.

What doctors say about one of the biggest flu shot myths The idea that you can get the flu from the flu vaccine is a long-standing fallacy. Here’s what to tell someone who thinks it’s true.

What doctors say about one of the biggest flu shot myths wapo.st/3LRIv5F

NO! The flu shot does NOT cause the flu!

#VaccinesWork

Alberta aims to curtail regulatory bodies from sanctioning workers for after-hours activities | CBC News Many Alberta workers could no longer be investigated by their licensing bodies for what they say outside of work hours, should the legislature pass a new bill.

Ugh. Yet MORE MAGA-style madness.

AB aims to curtail regulatory bodies from sanctioning workers www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Reality:
- reg response to spread of misinformation rare (few "silenced")
- misinformation does great harm (um, measles status?)
- privilege of being prof comes with standards

CDC website changed to include false claims that link autism and vaccines | CNN Scientific information on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website was replaced on Wednesday with anti-vaccine talking points that don’t rule out a link between vaccines and autism,...

To again paraphrase Nigel Tufnel...

"How much more dark could this be? And the answer is none. None more dark."

Yet more horrifying nonsense...👇

CDC website changed to include false claims that link autism & vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/h...

The anti-aging gold rush should focus on quality of life, not just quantity “If Moore’s law applies to life expectancy the way it does to electronics, then we’ll have to spend and innovate exponentially more to keep pace,” writes Michael D. Gurven.

Yes!

The anti-aging gold rush should focus on quality of life, not just quantity www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/l... @statnews.com

"Aging is a universal human experience, and the disparities in how we age are a mirror of broader social inequities."

And most of current longevity noise = total BS.

Former surgeon general warns of vaccine ‘#misinformation’ thehill.com/policy/healt...

"There’s been a lot of information and misinformation circulating, particularly from HHS and our current health secretary."

#VaccinesWork

Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.

Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu... via @nbcnews

"...Grokipedia includes 12,522 citations to online sources that previous academic research has deemed as having very low credibility."

"The guardrails are off."

Physical Activity Over the Adult Life Course and Risk of Dementia This cohort study uses data from the Framingham Heart Study to evaluate whether higher physical activity levels in early adult life, midlife, or late life are associated with lower risk of all-cause o...

#Move.

"...individuals with the highest levels of physical activity at midlife and late life had 41% and 45% lower risk of all-cause dementia..."

Physical Activity Over the Adult Life Course and Risk of Dementia jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Serious pregnancy complications 'dramatically reduced' in HPV-vaccinated women Pregnant women who were vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) at school are less likely to experience serious pregnancy-related complications, according to University of Aberdeen research.

Serious pregnancy complications 'dramatically reduced' in HPV-vaccinated women medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...

"Vaccinating boys alongside girls enhances herd immunity, significantly reducing the risk of HPV-related cancers in all genders..."

#VaccinesWork

Study: Assessing #Cancer Patients’ Exposure to Treatment Misinformation link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Exposure to treatment bunk common (93%), often from family and friends.

79% exposed to cancer myths.

Measles makes a comeback: four charts show where and how With gaps in vaccine coverage, nowhere is safe from measles outbreaks. But the disease has hit the Americas hard this year.

Measles makes a comeback: four charts show where and how www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com

"...the number of parents opting out of vaccination for non-medical reasons (such as religion or personal choice) has risen sharply..."

#VaccinesWork

YouTube video by Greg Floyd HARDER BETTER FASTER STRONGER IDEAL MAN

In our recent documentary, we asked people from different communities to define the ideal man.

The answers are enlightening... 👇

HARDER BETTER FASTER STRONGER - THE IDEAL MAN youtu.be/5I2RH02vHEk?...

PS, my son, Adam, playing cello.

BC Libraries Present — Timothy Caulfield: The Certainty Illusion In today’s world of endless information at our fingertips, it has become increasingly crucial (and difficult) to be able to tell apart fact from fiction. In his bestselling book, The Certainty Illusio...

Super excited about this event with my buddy @drjengunter.bsky.social! 🙏

Online Dec 4: BC Libraries Present — Timothy Caulfield: The Certainty Illusion vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68e9b... cc @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Hope to see you (virtually) there!

Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy

This gonna be tough for antivaxxer & MAHA crowd....👇

www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...

I love Alberta. ❤️

We can't let hate and rage and lies win.

Onward.

Sum: $$$$

Politics & Profit of Disinformation in Public Health www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... by @marcozenone.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social et al. 🙏

Really important piece by some terrific colleagues. The incentives baked into our current information economy drive bunk.

How RFK Jr., America's celebrity health secretary, is steamrolling science RFK Jr. is plowing ahead with sweeping changes to U.S. health care that have thrilled supporters, purged opponents, and horrified critics.

The RFK Jr Disaster www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...

@pauloffit.bsky.social: He says "the opposite of what’s true, over & over again."

@jakescottmd.bsky.social: "To say vaccines cause mutation is like saying umbrellas cause rain. It’s backwards. It’s beyond misinformation. It’s patently false."