New Head of Trump's Cancer Panel Questioned Links Between Vaccines and Cancer
Wired • 12/16/2025
Summary
Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch, known for speculating about a connection between Covid vaccines and "turbo cancer," has been appointed to chair the President's Cancer Panel, according to Wired. Risch has also promoted the use of ivermectin in his discussions on cancer and vaccines.
Advertisement
Lindy Score Breakdown (V4.2)
77d
Age
1
Sources
from cluster
1844
Hours Since Seen
Final Score0/100
CategoryAntiLindy
StatusArchived
Recency Multiplier0% (0.5^1844/48)
Hero EligibleNo
Score is 0 because recency decay (0.5^1844/48 = 0.000000) reduced it below 0.5
Score BreakdownRisk 50
Source Reputation: Low-trust source (6/20 pts)
Consensus: Single source - no independent confirmation yet
Age: 77 days - proven survivor
Stories gain Lindy status through source reputation, network consensus, and time survival.
Breaking Similar stories
The 5 Big ‘Known Unknowns’ of Donald Trump’s New War With Iran
Wired • 2 days ago
How Palantir, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Wired • Today
Anthropic's Claude grabs top spot in App Store after Trump's ban
Engadget • 1 day ago
2026 Subaru Trailseeker Feels Like A Subaru Wagon Should
Jalopnik • 1 day ago
The trap Anthropic built for itself
TechCrunch • 2 days ago
Here's How Much The Toyota GR Supra Has Depreciated In 5 Years
Jalopnik • 2 days ago
Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 1 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute
TechCrunch • 2 days ago
The Chevy Camaro IROC-Z Is An Absolute Icon Of The '80s: Here's Why
Jalopnik • 2 days ago
It's almost a station wagon: The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker, driven
Ars Technica • 1 day ago
Apple bakes in AI smarts into its new $599 iPhone 17e
TechCrunch • 1 day ago
Anti-Lindy Similar stories
South Korea opens the door to let Google Maps operate fully
TechCrunch • 4 days ago
Tesla Just Made The Cybetruck A Lot More Compelling
InsideEVs • 1 week ago
AI Safety Meets the War Machine
Wired • 1 week ago
Donut Lab's Solid-State Battery Charges Fast. But Experts Still Have Questions
InsideEVs • 4 days ago
The Pentagon has reportedly given Anthropic until Friday to let it use Claude as it sees fit
Engadget • 6 days ago
Elon Musk kills first Tesla Cybertruck ($60k) that makes sense just 10 days after launch
Electrek • 1 week ago
Yep, it’s fast: Donut Lab’s solid-state battery gets its first test result
The Verge • 1 week ago
Apple’s doing something on March 4th
The Verge • 2 weeks ago
Warner Bros. Discovery agrees to $110 billion Paramount merger
The Verge • 3 days ago
Rail Vision (NASDAQ: RVSN) Subsidiary Advances Quantum AI Strategy with New Neural Decoder Breakthrough
The Globe and Mail • 4 days ago