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 ====== Michael Yeadon ======
-Dr. **Michael Yeadon** is a retired British [[:pharmacologist]] who served as chief scientist and vice president at [[pharmaceutical_companies:pfizer|Pfizer]]. He co-founded and served as CEO of the [[biotechnology]] company [[Ziarco]].
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+Dr. **Michael Yeadon** is a retired British [[pharmacology|pharmacologist]] who served as chief scientist and vice president at [[pharmaceutical_companies:pfizer|Pfizer]]. He co-founded and served as CEO of the [[biotechnology|biotechnology]] company [[pharmaceutical_companies:Ziarco]].
 ===== Leadership During the COVID-19 Pandemic =====
-Dr. Yeadon has been an outspoker critic of the mass experimental [[COVID-19 vaccine]] program during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].
+Dr. Yeadon has been an outspoker critic of the mass experimental [[COVID-19 vaccines|COVID-19 vaccine]] program as well as other aspects of pandemic management, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].
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 ==== Attacks on Dr. Yeadon ====
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+=== Profoundly Ignorant Propaganda Smear ===
+Pfizer scientist turned anti-vaxxer Dr Mike Yeadon wins 2021 Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience
+By Michael Marshall  9th December 2021 - The Skeptic
+Yeadon, who left [[:Pfizer]] in 2011 and has subsequently become a hero of the [[:Covid conspiracy theorist]] movement for his anti-vaccination scaremongering, will share the 2021 prize with the Covid conspiracy theorist group “The White Rose” – responsible for covering cities across the world with anti-vaccine stickers and graffiti.
+Throughout the pandemic, Mike Yeadon has been a prolific source of viral [[:misinformation]], including claiming that masks have no effect on Covid spread, that lockdowns “never slow transmission”, and that asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 is a lie. In an October 2020 article for the Daily Mail, Yeadon predicted there would be no second wave of COVID-19 infections, and that deaths would “fizzle out without overwhelming the NHS” – since then a further 100,000 people have died.
+Once Covid vaccines became available, Yeadon’s misinformation shifted to their safety and efficacy – in December 2020 he petitioned Europe’s medicines regulator to halt vaccine trials, claiming it could cause infertility in women – a claim he acknowledged was not backed by scientific evidence, but which spread widely on social media. By January, 13% of unvaccinated people in the United States had heard that “COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to cause infertility.” A UK-based study found that 7% of all UK adults had heard Yeadon’s false claim regarding infertility.
+More recently, Yeadon has stated that he believes COVID-19 vaccines are “50 times more likely” to kill children than COVID-19 itself, and that vaccines are part of a “serious attempt at mass depopulation” and they represented the “deliberate execution potentially of billions of people”.
+The Skeptic Editor Michael Marshall said: “The nominations for this year’s pseudoscience prize were dominated by figures who have spread anti-vaccine misinformation, including Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro, former nurse [[:Kate Shemirani]], and US podcasters [[:Joe Rogan]] and [[:Bret Weinstein]]. However, it’s Yeadon’s scientific background and the perceived credibility of his past career with Pfizer which we felt deserved the additional recognition of our [[:Rusty Razor Award]].
+“Throughout the pandemic, Yeadon has been relentless in his consistently misinformed predictions and his baseless scaremongering about COVID-19 vaccines. Each of his claims have spread around social media sites like [[:Twitter]], [[:Facebook]] and [[:Telegram]] – due, in part, to the perceived credibility offered by his status as an ex-Pfizer scientist.
+“He has provided some of the most effective ammunition for the anti-vaccination movement, and for that reason we feel he is a very worthy winner of the Rusty Razor award”.
+[[:Michael Marshall]] is the project director of the [[:Good Thinking Society]] and president of the [[:Merseyside Skeptics Society]]. He is the co-host of the [[:Skeptics with a K podcast]], interviews proponents of pseudoscience on the Be Reasonable podcast, has given skeptical talks all around the world, and has lectured at several universities on the role of PR in the media. He became editor of [[:The Skeptic]] in August 2020. ((https://web.archive.org/web/20211209195220/https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2021/12/pfizer-scientist-turned-anti-vaxxer-dr-mike-yeadon-wins-2021-rusty-razor-award-for-pseudoscience/))
 ==== Turning Pfizer Discards Into Novartis Gold - The Story Of Ziarco ====
 FORBES - March 15, 2017