“Cause Unknown:” The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 and 2022 by Edward Dowd, 1/5

This is the type of publication (I can’t even bring myself to call it a “book”) that gives conspiracy theorists a bad reputation and rewards critical analysis with an avalanche of cascading shortcomings. Under the guise of objectivity, Dowd boldly refuses to forge a more than coincidental connection between COVID vaccines and the excess deaths he charts so exhaustively. Ironically, despite his data-centered approach, he ultimately relies on confirmation bias and emotional appeals to encourage the reader in making the final jump to an inadequately-supported conclusion.

Why I read it: I think RFK Jr. might have mentioned it in an interview.