(with thanks to Chris Zielinski)
'Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch, who has entertained a connection between Covid vaccines and “turbo cancer” and promoted ivermectin, says he'll chair the President's Cancer Panel.'
https://www.wired.com/story/risch-trump-panel-vaccines-turbo-cancer-iver...
'An epidemiologist who has speculated about whether there is a connection between Covid-19 vaccines and “turbo cancer” in young people, and works as chief epidemiologist at a company that sells ivermectin alongside reviews that claim it has efficacy as a cancer treatment, has been appointed by president Donald Trump to a key position overseeing the National Cancer Program.
'Harvey Risch, a professor emeritus of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, announced his appointment as chair of the President’s Cancer Panel on X earlier this month...
“Having him on the panel charged with monitoring the progress of efforts to improve cancer treatment and providing recommendations to the president is a disaster for cancer patients, as he will inject conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and false claims about cancer into the panel’s reports,” alleges David Gorski, a surgical oncologist...
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