The Dangerous Influence of Medical Quacks: The Midwest Doctor and The Vigilant Fox

These Are Dangerous Voices That Should Be Chased Off Substack and Other Sites.

It feels like trying to bite into a giant apple—the curve is so flat it might as well be a wall, impossible for my teeth to get any purchase. That's the suffocating reality I faced diving into the world of vaccine skepticism, wading through the digital swamp of sites like the Vigilant Fox while engaging with their devoted followers across mainstream platforms.

The experience wasn't merely exhausting—it was soul-crushing. A relentless barrage of certainty from people who've mistaken Google searches for medical degrees and Facebook anecdotes for peer-reviewed research. Their religious conviction that a twice-removed cousin's experience constitutes irrefutable evidence would be almost impressive if it weren't so dangerous.

What truly cuts to the bone is the growing influence of anonymous figures hiding behind keyboards while wielding life-or-death influence over vulnerable families. "The Vigilant Fox" and "A Midwestern Doctor"—faceless phantoms claiming medical authority while refusing to …