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think immunizations are a federal responsibility. Given his membership in the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), an organization that is basically an Ayn Rand-worshiping John Birch Society disguised as a medical professional society that routinely publishes antivaccine misinformation in its journal, as well HIV/AIDS denialism and other pseudoscience, it's not at all surprising

just quote the AAP guidelines, or they'll quote the CDC, or they'll quote Paul Offit and they’re not doing their own reading or their own analysis of these things . . .I have to wonder if Dr. Mackenzie is a member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), the John Birch Society disguised as a medical professional society that worships being a "maverick" above all and absolutely

photo with all the umbrellas made the march look more like a lot of commuters who had just gotten off the commuter train than a demonstration. I am glad they had good weather. * Log in to post commentsBy jrkrideau (not verified) on 04 Apr 2017 #permalink What? They couldn’t find a single antivaxer who thought that vaccines killed their child?The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Care Act (colloquially called Obamacare) that Republicans promised to "repeal and replace" but failed to do so.Unsurprisingly, President Trump tapped an ultraconservative Congressman, Dr. Tom Price, to run HHS. Price, as you might recall, belongs to an ultraconservative physician advocacy group masquerading as a professional society, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS government funding and regulation as illegitimate or even unconstitutional. The AAPS also encourages "brave maverick doctors" to "challenge" the scientific consensus, even if it means quackery and pseudoscience.This is easily demonstrated by perusing its official "journal" (if you can call it that), the Journal of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (JPANDS). As I've discussed many times

masquerading as a medical professional society, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). AAPS is rabidly antivaccine and antiscience in a number of ways, as well as very Ayn Randian in its view of medicine. While there is no good evidence that Price was antivaccine, one does not belong to such an organization without being sympathetic to its views.These are the sorts of people the Trump

is why I've never completely retired my schtick about putting a paper bag over my head when physicians say stupid things. In this case, the physician is Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). We've met Dr. Orient the AAPS before, of course, dating back a long time. It is an organization of physician-cranks (or, if you prefer, crank physicians

Price, Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). What I noted that apparently caught the attention of many times more people than my usual daily brain droppings usually do was that Tom Price belongs to one of the wingnuttiest of wingnut medical groups I've ever encountered, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). There's no need medicine Politics Popular Culture Pseudoscience Skepticism/Critical Thinking AAPS antivaccine Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Christopher Shaw Lucija Tomljenovic Tom Price vaccines complementary and alternative medicine medicine Politics * Log in to post commentsMore like thisThank you for going through that.It's a little sad that so many of the people for c. Whom he wrote that will just

picked someone who was was relatively neutral on the Affordable Care Act. No, what caught my eye was that I learned that Tom Price is a member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), and that told me a lot about him, none of it good. For instance, in 2015 Charles Pierce referred to Price as "one of Georgia’s wingnut sawbones” (Price is an orthopedic surgeon), and noted an article Affordable Care Act Association of American Physicians and Surgeons breast cancer Donald Trump evidence-based medicine Mike Pence ObamaCare quackery science-based medicine Tom Price vaccines complementary and alternative medicine medicine Politics Categories Policy * Log in to post commentsMore like thisI spoke to an orthopedist friend who was an acquaintance of Price's for several years about this very

conspiracies to hide serious illness in Hillary Clinton. The “evidence” used upon which the various “diagnoses” assigned to Clinton has been risibly lean, but that didn’t stop wingnuts like Dr. Jane Orient and Dr. Gerard Gianoli, both of the crank doctors’ organization the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). Basically, based on pure speculation, they did some fine JAQing off and asked

: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Georgia Medical Society, Georgia Society of Ophthalmology, Georgia Society of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive SurgeryDisclosure: Nothing to disclose.Susan Ruyu Qi University of Montreal Faculty of Medicine, CanadaDisclosure: Nothing to disclose.Close What would you like to print

, Augusta, GeorgiaJames H Oakman, Jr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Georgia Medical Society, Georgia Society of Ophthalmology, Georgia Society of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive SurgeryDisclosure: Nothing to disclose.Susan Ruyu Qi University of Montreal

: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Georgia Medical Society, Georgia Society of Ophthalmology, Georgia Society of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive SurgeryDisclosure: Nothing to disclose.Susan Ruyu Qi University of Montreal Faculty of Medicine, CanadaDisclosure: Nothing to disclose.Close What would you like to print

, Augusta, GeorgiaJames H Oakman, Jr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Georgia Medical Society, Georgia Society of Ophthalmology, Georgia Society of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive SurgeryDisclosure: Nothing to disclose.Susan Ruyu Qi University of Montreal

of Ophthalmology, American Medical AssociationDisclosure: Nothing to disclose.James H Oakman, Jr, MDPartner, Southern Eye Center, Augusta, GeorgiaJames H Oakman, Jr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Georgia Medical Society, Georgia Society of Ophthalmology, Georgia Society of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Ophthalmology

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, Augusta, GeorgiaJames H Oakman, Jr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Georgia Medical Society, Georgia Society of Ophthalmology, Georgia Society of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive SurgeryDisclosure: Nothing to disclose.Close What would you like to print?What

societies: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, SWOG, International Society of Urology, American Association of Clinical Urologists, American Urological AssociationDisclosure: Nothing to disclose.Chief Editor Edward David Kim, MD, FACSProfessor of Urology, Department of Urology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, University of Tennessee Medical CenterEdward

societies: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, SWOG, International Society of Urology, American Association of Clinical Urologists, American Urological AssociationDisclosure: Nothing to disclose.Chief Editor Edward David Kim, MD, FACSProfessor of Urology, Department of Urology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, University of Tennessee Medical CenterEdward

societies: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, SWOG, International Society of Urology, American Association of Clinical Urologists, American Urological AssociationDisclosure: Nothing to disclose.Chief Editor Edward David Kim, MD, FACSProfessor of Urology, Department of Urology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, University of Tennessee Medical CenterEdward