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{{Short description|American neurosurgeon and conspiracy theorist}} | |||
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'''Russell L. Blaylock''', MD is a retired ] and author. He charges that certain food additives such as aspartame and MSG are toxic and that the H1N1 influenza vaccine is more dangerous than the viral infection itself. These positions are not consistent with current ].<ref name=Aspartame>{{cite journal |author=Magnuson BA, Burdock GA, Doull J, ''et al.'' |title=Aspartame: a safety evaluation based on current use levels, regulations, and toxicological and epidemiological studies |journal=Crit. Rev. Toxicol. |volume=37 |issue=8 |pages=629–727 |year=2007 |pmid=17828671 |doi=10.1080/10408440701516184 |url=}}</ref><ref name=MSG>{{cite journal |author=Walker R, Lupien JR |title=The safety evaluation of monosodium glutamate |journal=Journal of Nutrition |volume=130 |issue=4S |pages=1049S-52S |year=2000 |pmid=10736380 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name=H1N1Vaccine>{{cite journal |author=Greenberg ME, Lai MH, Hartel GF, Wichems CH, Gittleson C, Bennet J, Dawson G, Hu W, Leggio C, Washington D, Basser RL |title=Response after One Dose of a Monovalent Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Vaccine -- Preliminary Report |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |volume=Epub ahead of print, September 10 |year=2009 |pmid=19745216 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
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'''Russell L. Blaylock''' (born November 15, 1945) is an author and a retired U.S. ]. | |||
Blaylock was a clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery at the ]. In 2013 he was a visiting professor in the biology department at ].<ref name="belhaven1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.belhaven.edu/news/200405/Blaylock%20seminar.pdf |title=Russell Blaylock Seminar Series at Belhaven College |access-date=2014-03-17 |archive-date=2013-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313150332/http://www.belhaven.edu/news/200405/Blaylock%20seminar.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
Blaylock has endorsed views inconsistent with the scientific consensus, including that food additives such as ] and ] (MSG) are ] in normal doses.<ref name=Aspartame>{{cite journal |vauthors=Magnuson BA, Burdock GA, Doull J, etal |title=Aspartame: a safety evaluation based on current use levels, regulations, and toxicological and epidemiological studies |journal=Crit. Rev. Toxicol. |volume=37 |issue=8 |pages=629–727 |year=2007 |pmid=17828671 |doi=10.1080/10408440701516184 |s2cid=7316097 }}</ref><ref name=MSG>{{cite journal |vauthors=Walker R, Lupien JR |title=The safety evaluation of monosodium glutamate |journal=Journal of Nutrition |volume=130 |issue=4S |pages=1049S–52S |year=2000 |pmid=10736380 |doi= 10.1093/jn/130.4.1049S |doi-access=free }}</ref> | |||
== Education and career == | == Education and career == | ||
Blaylock completed his general surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at the ] in Charleston, SC.<ref name=BlaylockMD>{{cite web |url=http://www.russellblaylockmd.com |title=Russell Blaylock's website |publisher=Russellblaylockmd.com |access-date=2010-01-13 |archive-date=2014-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531195023/http://www.russellblaylockmd.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was licensed to practice Neurological Surgery in North Carolina between May 6, 1977, and December 15, 2006.<ref name="docboard1">{{cite web |url=http://www.docboard.org/nc/ |title=North Carolina Medical Board |publisher=Docboard.org |access-date=2010-01-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127043600/http://www.docboard.org/nc/ |archive-date=2010-01-27 }}</ref> Along with ], Blaylock published a novel ] approach to excising ] ] of the ].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jun |first1=Cecil L. |last2=Nutik |first2=Stephen L. |title=Surgical Approaches to Intraventricular Meningiomas of the Trigone |journal=Neurosurgery |date=March 1985 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=416–420 |doi=10.1227/00006123-198503000-00025 |pmid=3982626 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Lateral-trigonal intraventricular tumors. A new operative approach. | pmid=998353 | volume=35 | issue=4 | author=Kempe LG, Blaylock R | journal=Acta Neurochir (Wien) | pages=233–42 | doi=10.1007/bf01406119| year=1976 | s2cid=31659187 }}</ref> He is retired as a clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery from the ], and is currently a visiting professor in the biology department at ],<ref name="belhaven1"/> a Christian university in ].<ref name=BC>{{cite web |url=http://www.belhaven.edu/ |title=Belhaven University website |publisher=Belhaven.edu |access-date=2010-01-13 |archive-date=2010-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117044834/http://www.belhaven.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He is associated with the ] and was on the editorial board of their journal.{{When|date=October 2009}}<ref>{{cite web | |||
| url = http://www.aapsonline.org/jpands/hacienda/blaylock.html | |||
He is associated with the ] and was on the editorial board of their journal.{{When|date=October 2009}} <ref> | |||
{{ cite web | url = http://www.aapsonline.org/jpands/hacienda/blaylock.html | |||
| title = An Irresistible Force? | | title = An Irresistible Force? | ||
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| archive-date = 2011-06-06 | |||
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606012816/http://www.aapsonline.org/jpands/hacienda/blaylock.html | |||
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== Allegations of health dangers == | |||
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Blaylock claims that numerous substances are toxic and dangerous at typical use levels even though scientific studies rate them safe at customary exposure levels. He has been quoted several times in media outlets regarding his position that ] is ].<ref> AccessMyLibrary record.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/25/Perspective/Want_full_disclosure_.shtml |title=Want full disclosure with that meal? ''St. Petersburg Times'' September 25, 2005 |publisher=Sptimes.com |access-date=2010-01-13 |archive-date=2010-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106075326/http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/25/Perspective/Want_full_disclosure_.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24093566.html?dids=24093566:24093566&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+28%2C+1994&author=Steven+Pratt%2C+Tribune+Staff+Writer.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=FLAVOR-ENHANCING+MSG+IS+EVERYWHERE%2C+BUT+IS+IT+HARMLESS+OR+AN+%22EXCITOTOXIN%22%3F&pqatl=google |title=FLAVOR-ENHANCING MSG IS EVERYWHERE, BUT IS IT HARMLESS OR AN "EXCITOTOXIN"? ''Chicago Tribune'' July 28, 1994 |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=1994-07-28 |access-date=2010-01-13 |first=Steven |last=Pratt |archive-date=2012-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022225211/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24093566.html?dids=24093566:24093566&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+28,+1994&author=Steven+Pratt,+Tribune+Staff+Writer.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=FLAVOR-ENHANCING+MSG+IS+EVERYWHERE,+BUT+IS+IT+HARMLESS+OR+AN+%22EXCITOTOXIN%22%3F&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also states that the widely used artificial sweetener ] is toxic<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2001/092001/09102001/375784 |title=Sugar substitutes aren't always so healthy ''The Free Lance-Star'' September 10, 2001 |publisher=Fredericksburg.com |date=2001-10-09 |access-date=2010-01-13 |archive-date=2012-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307085336/http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2001/092001/09102001/375784 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21045261_ITM |title=How sweet it isn't? Natural alternatives to sugar, minus the calories and carcinogens.(Eating Right) ''E Magazine'' November 01, 2003 |publisher=Accessmylibrary.com |date=2003-11-01 |access-date=2010-01-13}}</ref> and may be the cause of ].<ref name=Excitotoxins>''Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills'' Health Press, 1994. {{ISBN|0-929173-14-7}}</ref> He has additionally cautioned against heavy use of the artificial sweetener ] (]).<ref>Gogoi, Pallavi, edited by Beth Belton. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111042749/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2005/tc2005022_7832_tc024.htm |date=2010-01-11 }}, BusinessWeek Online, McGraw Hill, February 2, 2005. Retrieved 2009-10-15.</ref> These positions are not supported by scientific consensus or regulatory bodies, as extensive studies support the safety of aspartame, sucralose, and MSG.<ref name=Aspartame/><ref name=MSG/><ref name=Sucralose>{{cite journal |vauthors=Grice HC, Goldsmith LA |title=Sucralose--an overview of the toxicity data |journal=Food Chem Toxicol |volume=38 |issue=Suppl 2 |pages=S1–6 |year=2000 |pmid=10882813 |doi=10.1016/S0278-6915(00)00023-5 }}</ref> | |||
== Views on alleged health dangers == | |||
=== Sweeteners and flavour enhancers === | |||
Blaylock has been quoted several times in media outlets regarding his position that ] is ].<ref> ] record.</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> He also states that the widely-used artificial sweetener ] is toxic<ref></ref><ref></ref> and may be the cause of ].<ref name=Excitotoxins>''Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills'' Health Press, 1994. ISBN 0929173147</ref> He has additionally cautioned against heavy use of the artificial sweetener ] (]).<ref>Gogoi, Pallavi, edited by Beth Belton. , BusinessWeek Online, McGraw Hill, February 2, 2005. Retrieved 2009-10-15.</ref> These positions are not supported by scientific consensus or regulatory bodies, as large numbers of studies support the safety of aspartame, sucralose and MSG.<ref name=Aspartame/><ref name=MSG/><ref name=Sucralose>{{cite journal |author=Grice HC, Goldsmith LA |title=Sucralose--an overview of the toxicity data |journal=Food Chem Toxicol |volume=3 |issue=Suppl 2 |pages=S1-6 |year=2000 |pmid=10882813 |doi=10.1016/S0278-6915(00)00023-5 |url=}}</ref> | |||
=== Vaccinations === | |||
Blaylock has also urged avoidance of the swine flu (H1N1) vaccination, which he claims is more dangerous than the infection itself. In various alternative media outlets,{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} he has given advice on what he feels an individual should do if faced with mandatory vaccination.<ref> Blaylock R., Canada Free Press, 19 September 2009.</ref> Current research indicates that an effective vaccine is a vital tool in protecting the public and that the new H1N1 vaccine is both safe and effective.<ref name=H1N1Vaccine/> | |||
=== Other claims === | |||
Advertisements selling the 'Blaylock Wellness Report' at ] contain claims of additional health dangers, including fluoridated drinking water, fluoridated toothpaste, vaccines, dental amalgam, cholesterol drugs, pesticides, and aluminum cookware.<ref name="newsmaxcom26a"> | |||
{{ cite web | url = http://w3.newsmax.com/blaylock/26a.cfm | |||
| title = The Blaylock Wellness Report: Mercury: Save Your Body From Nature's Deadly Poison | |||
| accessdate = 2009 10 17 | publisher = newsmax.com }} | |||
</ref><ref name="newsmaxcom11"> | |||
{{ cite web | url = http://w3.newsmax.com/blaylock/11.cfm | |||
| title = The Blaylock Wellness Report: Autism | |||
| accessdate = 2009 10 17 | |||
| publisher = newsmax.com }} | |||
</ref><ref name="newsmaxcom4a"> | |||
{{ cite web | url = http://w3.newsmax.com/blaylock/4a.cfm | |||
| title = The Blaylock Wellness Report: Why Fluoride Is Toxic | |||
| accessdate = 2009 10 17 | |||
| publisher = newsmax.com }} | |||
</ref><ref name="newsmaxcom40a"> | |||
{{ cite web | url = http://w3.newsmax.com/blaylock/40a.cfm | |||
| title = The Blaylock Wellness Report: Food Additives | |||
| date = | accessdate = 2009 10 17 | |||
| author = | publisher = newsmax.com }} | |||
</ref><ref name="newsmaxcom2"> | |||
{{ cite web | url = http://w3.newsmax.com/blaylock/2.cfm | |||
| title = Blaylock Wellness Report | |||
| date = | accessdate = 2009 10 17 | |||
| author = | publisher = newsmax.com }} | |||
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== Views on politics == | == Views on politics == | ||
Blaylock has called the American medical system ']' and has suggested that health-care reform efforts under President Obama were masterminded by extragovernmental groups that wish to impose euthanasia.<ref name=Schwarcz2>{{cite news|url=http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=09b61c39-7287-4c58-a041-86c9c24799af&p=1|title=it's all a plot to anti-vaccination conspiracy nuts|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|date=8 November 2009|first=Joe|last=Schwarcz|access-date=12 June 2013|archive-date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116100429/http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=09b61c39-7287-4c58-a041-86c9c24799af&p=1|url-status=live}}</ref> He blamed the purported collectivism of American medicine for the retirement of his friend ]. According to Blaylock, the former Soviet Union tried to spread collectivism by covertly introducing illegal drugs and various sexually transmitted diseases into the United States.<ref name=Schwarcz2/> Schwarcz characterized these positions as "conspiracy theories."<ref name=Schwarcz2/> | |||
Blaylock wrote that the Medical University of South Carolina (where he did his internship) was "deeply embroiled in a leftist-initiated war on Western Culture". He called the American medical system 'collectivist', and blamed this collectivism for the retirement of his friend Miguel Faria. Blaylock wrote that it was around this time that he began "exploring for the first time some of the classics of liberty", including ]'s '']'', ]'s '']'' and '']'', and works by ], and ].<ref> | |||
== Views on COVID-19== | |||
{{ cite web | url = http://www.jpands.org/vol8no1/blaylock.pdf | |||
Blaylock supports various ], writing that, "The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most manipulated infectious disease events in history, characterized by official lies in an unending stream led by government bureaucracies, medical associations, medical boards, the media, and international agencies" and that the COVID-19 vaccine is a "Dangerous, essentially untested experimental vaccine." He also refers in his writing to "The designers of this pandemic..."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Blaylock |first1=Russell |title=COVID UPDATE: What is the truth? |journal=Surgical Neurology International |date=22 April 2022 |volume=13 |page=167 |doi=10.25259/SNI_150_2022 |pmid=35509555 |pmc=9062939 }}</ref> In 2020, Blaylock baselessly claimed that wearing ] helps ] enter the brain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teoh |first=Flora |date=2020-05-19 |title=No evidence that using a face mask helps coronavirus enter the brain, contrary to claim by Russell Blaylock |url=https://science.feedback.org/review/no-evidence-that-using-a-face-mask-helps-coronavirus-enter-the-brain-contrary-to-claim-by-russell-blaylock/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref> | |||
| title = A Tribute to Dr. Miguel Faria | |||
| date = 2003 Spring | accessdate = 2009 10 17 | |||
| author = Blaylock, Russell | publisher = jpands.org }} | |||
</ref><ref name="russellblaylockmdcom"> | |||
{{ cite web | url = http://www.russellblaylockmd.com/ | |||
| title = RUSSELLBLAYLOCKMD.COM | |||
| accessdate = 2009 10 19 | |||
| publisher = russellblaylockmd.com }} | |||
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Blaylock believes that ] gave pardons and "free access to the Whitehouse" to "syndicate crime families". He also wrote that Clinton allowed "Chinese ships" to give weapons to gangs in Los Angeles.<ref name="neuropharm"> | |||
{{ cite web | url = http://www.aapsonline.org/jpands/hacienda/blaylock3.html | |||
| title = Neuropharmacology as a Long-Range Strategic War Policy | |||
| accessdate = 2009 10 17 | author = Blaylock, Russell | date = 2002 | |||
| publisher = aapsonline.org }} | |||
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''' Accusations of Soviet sabotage ''' | |||
Blaylock has asserted that behind the US drug problem was a "nefarious program created in the former Soviet Union that exceeds even the far-reaching imaginations of Hollywood writers". The drug problem, he writes, would weaken the resistance of ] to Soviet invasion, undermine religion (which he calls 'the foundation of Western stability and morality'), target schools, harm the work force and ], make the youth "unable to resist collectivism", and create a "totalitarian mindset within the United States government". He implicates ], ], ], organized crime syndicates, and their American "leftist accomplices" in the formation of US drug culture. | |||
Blaylock implies that the Soviet program was linked to ], ], ] and ], and that it was responsible for "an epidemic of ], ], ] and highly resistant ]". He accuses the US media and the US government of knowing about the Soviet plot, but failing to expose it.<ref name="neuropharm"/> As part of his evidence, he quotes from the "]", purportedly by ]. However, many people have doubted the authenticity and authorship of the work, including the FBI.<ref> | |||
{{ cite web | url = http://www.xenu-directory.net/documents/fbifiles/images/hubbard-19560417a-ds.gif | |||
| title = COMMUNIST STRATEGY "BRAIN-WASHING, A Synthesis of the Russian Textbook on Phycopolitics | |||
| date = 1956-04-6 | accessdate = 2009 10 17 | |||
| author = FBI Special Agent in Charge | |||
| publisher = xenu-directory.net }} | |||
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{{ cite web | url = http://www.xenu-directory.net/opinions/owen20001027.html | |||
| title = The Brainwashing Manual - the hard facts | author = Chris Owen | |||
| accessdate = 2009 10 17 | date = 2000 10 27 | |||
| publisher = xenu-directory.net }} | |||
</ref><ref> | |||
{{ cite web | url = http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/brainwashing2.html | |||
| title = The Brainwashing manual: Timeline | |||
| accessdate = 2009 10 17 | |||
| publisher = xenu-directory.net }} | |||
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== Media == | |||
===Television and radio=== | |||
Blaylock has appeared on the ] (CBN), including on the network's '']'', a talk show started by televangelist ].<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> Blaylock states that he has also been a guest on over fifty syndicated radio programs.<ref name=BlaylockMD/> | |||
===Books=== | |||
* ''Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills'' Health Press, 1994. ISBN 0929173147 | |||
* ''Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life'' Health Press, 2002. ISBN 0929173422 | |||
* ''Natural Strategies for The Cancer Patient'' New York : Twin Streams, 2003. ISBN 0758202210 | |||
* ''Multiple Sclerosis'' Pritchett & Hull, 1988. ISBN 0939838257 | |||
===Articles=== | |||
Blaylock is the author or co-author of several case reports and reviews in the scientific literature.<ref></ref><ref></ref> He has also written for, and been on the editorial board of the journal of the ] ] ].<ref></ref> This journal was entitled ''Medical Sentinel'' until 2003, when it became the '']'' (JPandS).<!-- | |||
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{{ cite web | url = http://jpands.org/hacienda/issues.html | |||
| title = Medical Sentinel Issues | accessdate = 2009 10 17 | |||
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{{ cite web | url = http://jpands.org/jpands0801.htm | |||
| title = Journal of the American Physicians and Surgeons | |||
| date = 2003 Spring | accessdate = 2009 10 17 | |||
| publisher = jpands.org }} | |||
</ref><ref> | |||
{{ cite web | url = http://www.haciendapub.com/blaylock3.html | |||
| title = Neuropharmacology as a Long-Range Strategic War Policy | |||
| accessdate = 2009 10 17 | publisher = haciendapub.com }} | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:05, 12 September 2024
American neurosurgeon and conspiracy theoristRussell L. Blaylock | |
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Born | (1945-11-15) November 15, 1945 (age 79) |
Nationality | American |
Education | Doctor of Medicine, fellowship in neurology |
Alma mater | LSU School of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina |
Occupation(s) | Neurosurgeon (retired), writer, lecturer |
Russell L. Blaylock (born November 15, 1945) is an author and a retired U.S. neurosurgeon.
Blaylock was a clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. In 2013 he was a visiting professor in the biology department at Belhaven College.
Blaylock has endorsed views inconsistent with the scientific consensus, including that food additives such as aspartame and monosodium glutamate (MSG) are excitotoxic in normal doses.
Education and career
Blaylock completed his general surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. He was licensed to practice Neurological Surgery in North Carolina between May 6, 1977, and December 15, 2006. Along with Ludwig G. Kempe, Blaylock published a novel transcallosal approach to excising intraventricular meningiomas of the trigone. He is retired as a clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and is currently a visiting professor in the biology department at Belhaven University, a Christian university in Mississippi. He is associated with the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and was on the editorial board of their journal.
Allegations of health dangers
Blaylock claims that numerous substances are toxic and dangerous at typical use levels even though scientific studies rate them safe at customary exposure levels. He has been quoted several times in media outlets regarding his position that MSG is toxic to the brain. He also states that the widely used artificial sweetener aspartame is toxic and may be the cause of multiple sclerosis. He has additionally cautioned against heavy use of the artificial sweetener Splenda (sucralose). These positions are not supported by scientific consensus or regulatory bodies, as extensive studies support the safety of aspartame, sucralose, and MSG.
Views on politics
Blaylock has called the American medical system 'collectivist' and has suggested that health-care reform efforts under President Obama were masterminded by extragovernmental groups that wish to impose euthanasia. He blamed the purported collectivism of American medicine for the retirement of his friend Miguel Faria. According to Blaylock, the former Soviet Union tried to spread collectivism by covertly introducing illegal drugs and various sexually transmitted diseases into the United States. Schwarcz characterized these positions as "conspiracy theories."
Views on COVID-19
Blaylock supports various COVID-19 conspiracy theories, writing that, "The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most manipulated infectious disease events in history, characterized by official lies in an unending stream led by government bureaucracies, medical associations, medical boards, the media, and international agencies" and that the COVID-19 vaccine is a "Dangerous, essentially untested experimental vaccine." He also refers in his writing to "The designers of this pandemic..." In 2020, Blaylock baselessly claimed that wearing face masks helps SARS-CoV-2 enter the brain.
References
- ^ "Russell Blaylock Seminar Series at Belhaven College" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ Magnuson BA, Burdock GA, Doull J, et al. (2007). "Aspartame: a safety evaluation based on current use levels, regulations, and toxicological and epidemiological studies". Crit. Rev. Toxicol. 37 (8): 629–727. doi:10.1080/10408440701516184. PMID 17828671. S2CID 7316097.
- ^ Walker R, Lupien JR (2000). "The safety evaluation of monosodium glutamate". Journal of Nutrition. 130 (4S): 1049S – 52S. doi:10.1093/jn/130.4.1049S. PMID 10736380.
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External links
- Russell Blaylock's website No longer active. Available in Archive.org prior to Oct. 24, 2008