Bar and line graph showing yearly reported measles cases in the US (2011–2025) and US mean and median MMR vaccination rates, with cases peaking in 2014 and 2019, and vaccination rates gradually declining.

Measles Surging As Vaccine Rates Drop

As easily predicted, declining measles vaccine rates in the US is leading directly to surging measles cases. In 2025 we saw the highest measles cases, 2288, since 1991, and in 2026 we are on track to exceed this number with 1814 confirmed cases so far (these are confirmed cases). The US is also not getting the worst of it, that would be...

/ May 6, 2026

MAHA vs. the FDA: Dredging up old anti-regulation revisionist history

Recently, I've noticed articles from outlets aligned with MAHA calling for the elimination of the FDA. It's all recycled "health freedom" revisionist history and ahistorical nonsense.

/ May 4, 2026
A man in a blue suit and tie sits indoors, smiling at the camera while speaking into a microphone. There is a window with blinds and a curtain in the background.

Scientific Censor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Doesn’t Realize He’s the Medical Establishment Now & It’s His Job to Generate Evidence for the American People

I don't understand why public health figures like Jay Bhattacharya who controlled 58 billion dollars of funding uh didn't use that money to study it definitively and with running high quality trials.

/ May 1, 2026
Two book covers side by side. The left shows a gloved hand holding a model of the COVID-19 virus with flowers, titled “We Want Them Infected.” The right shows a road sign reading "Closed Due to COVID-19," titled "In COVID's Wake.

A Tale of Two Books: We Want Them Infected & In COVID’s Wake

I am not afraid to defend my book by discussing the real-world job performance of the MAHA/MAGA doctors featured in it. What about the authors of In COVID's Wake?

/ April 30, 2026
Acupuncture for xerostomia

PNAS Publishes Rank Pseudoscience

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently published an article on acupuncture. It's a highly credulous take that tries to convince the reader that acupuncture is more than just a highly theatrical placebo. Quackademic medicine continues apace.

/ April 29, 2026

Not Mine

Any medicine that is not science-based is not mine, nor is it SBM's

/ April 28, 2026
Placebo

The myth of the magically powerful placebo returns

It's been a long time since I've written about the deceptive narratives around placebos promoted by supporters of alternative medicine. Unfortunately, a new article claiming placebos can work as well as "real medicine" is making the rounds on social media. Here we go again.

/ April 27, 2026
A tree shaped like a human head stands in a field; its branches lose leaves that are blowing away, symbolizing memory loss or fading thoughts under a cloudy sky.

The MAHA Amnesia Project

The same disinformation agents who are trying to erase the history of the pandemic, are also trying to erase the history of MAHA.

/ April 24, 2026
Two men in suits stand side by side, smiling, in front of blue curtains and American flags.

The COVID Amnesia Project III:  The Plot to Erase Who Ordered Lockdowns in 2020

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is fully of contempt and vitriol for doctors who worked in hospitals, but he literally “loves” lockdowners.

/ April 23, 2026