Vioxx causing 500,000 deaths is an unfounded hypothesis by Ron Unz that first appeared on a 2012 article in The American Conservative magazine. It has been mindlessly repeated as a fact since then, mainly by people prone to believe conspiracy theories.
Who's Ron Unz, case you're not familiar? The former editor of The American Conservative, "editor-in-chief and publisher of The Unz Review, a website that promotes anti-semitism, Holocaust denial, conspiracy theories, and white supremacist material." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Unz)
And it's a pity because you're jeopardizing your credibility and reputation and hence preventing valuable ideas from spreading. New (and old) readers can easily turn away from your work when they see a mix of progressive ideas and unfounded fabrications. But then the article is about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 🤷🏽♂️😄
Vioxx causing 500,000 deaths is an unfounded hypothesis by Ron Unz that first appeared on a 2012 article in The American Conservative magazine. It has been mindlessly repeated as a fact since then, mainly by people prone to believe conspiracy theories.
Who's Ron Unz, case you're not familiar? The former editor of The American Conservative, "editor-in-chief and publisher of The Unz Review, a website that promotes anti-semitism, Holocaust denial, conspiracy theories, and white supremacist material." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Unz)
It amazes me—although it doesn't surprise me—that you wrote a book called "Conspiranoia" and still can't spend 2 seconds on Google to avoid falling for and reproducing such bizarre claims—and present them as an established fact! (https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2012/05/30/500000_excess_deaths_from_vioxx_where)
And it's a pity because you're jeopardizing your credibility and reputation and hence preventing valuable ideas from spreading. New (and old) readers can easily turn away from your work when they see a mix of progressive ideas and unfounded fabrications. But then the article is about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 🤷🏽♂️😄