Christiane Northrup

[[File:Christiane Northrup.jpeg|thumb|right|165px|The doctor [[Carl Sagan]] warned us about.]]{{altmed}}{{cquote|My divorce culminated during what is [[astrology|astrologically]] known as my [[deepity|Chiron return]] … simultaneously I had been under the influence of an astrological configuration known as a yod … the purpose of this was to move me out of my old life …”|||Christiane Northrup, ''The Evidence of Menopause''<ref name=loons>[http://americanloons.blogspot.com/2014/04/990-christiane-northrup.html Christiane Northrup] at the [[Encyclopedia of American Loons]]</ref>}}

'''Christiane Northrup''' is a obstetrician-gynecologist who famously pushes [[woo]] in the cause of women's health. She was a regular guest on [[Oprah]], has published a shedload of best-selling books and writes for [[the Huffington Post]]. In her practice of [[holistic medicine]], she uses her beliefs in the medical use of [[chakra|chakras]], [[astrology]], [[angels]], [[mysticism]], [[feng shui]], and [[Tarot|Tarot cards]]. And ''infallible female [[intuition]]''.<ref name=sbm>Harriet Hall, [https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/christiane-northrup-md-science-tainted-with-strange-beliefs/ Christiane Northrup, MD: Science Tainted with Strange Beliefs]. Science-Based Medicine, 27 May 2008.</ref> She maintains a fetid disinformation presence on [[YouTube]], [[Facebook]], and [[Twitter]]; however, her Instagram account was suspended in April 2021 for spreading COVID-19 misinformation.<ref>Leela Stockley, [https://bangordailynews.com/2021/04/30/news/portland/maine-doctors-instagram-account-suspended-for-spreading-covid-19-misinformation/ Maine doctor’s Instagram account suspended for spreading COVID-19 misinformation]. Bangor Daily News, 30 April 2021.</ref> Northrup allowed her medical license to expire in 2015.<ref name=press-herald>Colin Woodard, [https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/02/meet-christiane-northrup-doctor-of-disinformation/ Meet Christiane Northrup, doctor of disinformation]. Press Herald, 2 May 2021</ref>

==Clickbait==
Northrup writes [[clickbait]] articles chocked full of fairy tales, misinformation, and outright falsehoods:

*"Empaths" are "are highly advanced souls being incarnated on earth in increasing numbers to shed light into the darkness during this time of transformation."<ref>[https://www.drnorthrup.com/8-ways-to-turn-your-empathy-into-a-super-power/ 8 Ways to Turn Your Empathy into A Super Power]. drnorthrup.com, 20 March 2018.</ref>

*Vaccines are not safe, haven't been thoroughly tested, have not contributed to the decline in disease mortality, and are not appropriate for children.<ref>[https://www.drnorthrup.com/5-health-questions-you-need-to-ask-now/ 6 Health Questions You Need to Ask Now!] drnorthrup.com, 22 June 2021.</ref>

*"Flower essences" that have "a unique vibrational energy pattern" are good for health, and a homeopathic kit is useful to have around to "nip symptoms in the bud" and cure yourself of the flu and other health problems.<ref>[https://www.drnorthrup.com/10-easy-ways-to-achieve-health-every-day/ 11 Easy Ways to Achieve Health Every Day]. drnorthrup.com, 5 July 2021.</ref>

==Disinformation Dozen==
In 2021, a report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate listed her as one of the "Disinformation Dozen," a group of 12 people responsible for about 65% of [[COVID-19]] related misinformation circulating online.<ref>[https://f4d9b9d3-3d32-4f3a-afa6-49f8bf05279a.usrfiles.com/ugd/f4d9b9_16ccca9c25a04445a69dcd0298fd530d.pdf The Disinformation Dozen: Why Platforms Must Act on Twelve Leading Online Anti-Vaxxers]. Center for Countering Digital Hate, 2021.</ref> She has recommended hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin as cures for [[COVID-19]] and has made the claim that vaccines cause [[PIDOOMA|an 800% increase in chronic illness]].<ref>[https://www.counterhate.com/disinformationdozen Disinformation Dozen], CCDH</ref> She has spread the [[conspiracy theory]] that components of the vaccine covertly relay physiological information to the [[Bill Gates|Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] via cellphone cameras, has called COVID vaccines “murder weapons,” and claimed COVID-19 vaccines would change people’s DNA and infiltrate their bodies with tiny “nanoparticle” robots with two-way [[5G]] antennas.<ref name=press-herald /> In 2020, she infamously endorsed the [[Plandemic]] conspiracy video.<ref name=press-herald /><ref>Sheera Frenkel, Ben Decker and Davey Alba, [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/technology/plandemic-movie-youtube-facebook-coronavirus.html How the ‘Plandemic’ Movie and Its Falsehoods Spread Widely Online]. The New York Times, 20 May 2020.</ref>

==What others say==
The [[Encyclopedia of American Loons]] profiled Northrup in 2014, saying she "has risen to rather frightening levels of fame through her promotion of [[woo]] and [[denialism]] in the cause of women’s health."

{{quotebox|A serious danger to public health. Through the misleading veil of formal training, Northrup has a knack for getting away with all the breathtaking ignorance, religious fundamentalism, wishful thinking, distortions, and confabulatory woo she wants – and people do, indeed, listen. An utterly corrupt, horrible human being.<ref name=loons />}}

[[Science-Based Medicine]]'s profile says that Northrup disturbingly mixes science with strange beliefs.

{{quotebox|Northrup’s writings are a disconcerting mixture of good science, misinterpreted science, unproven and irrational treatments, recommendations that are actually dangerous, pop psychology, mysticism, and superstition. If she’d left out the nonsense, she could have written a very helpful book. But then I don’t suppose Oprah would have wanted her on the show. Science-based medicine doesn’t make for good television.<ref name=sbm />}}

Jonathan Jarry, writing for the Office for Science and Society at McGill University, calls Northrup a "misenlightened guru" who epitomizes [[Carl Sagan]]’s dire warning about society sliding back into superstition and darkness.

{{quotebox|We can chuckle at her story that she used to live in [[Atlantis]] in a previous incarnation (“doing work to upgrade [[DNA]]”) but Northrup’s spiritual storytelling combined with her belief in a grand [[COVID]]-19 conspiracy is a potent motivator for harm.<ref>Jonathan Jarry, [https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking/doctor-carl-sagan-warned-us-about The Doctor Carl Sagan Warned Us About]. Office for Science and Society, McGill University, 8 January 2021.</ref>}}

==External links==
*[http://www.drnorthrup.com/ Official webshite]

==References==
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