PSEUDOSCIENCE
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- Overall, we rate Patrick Hahn’s website and Substack as Right-Center biased based on its distrust of mainstream science and frequent alignment with populist health skepticism. We also rate it Low for factual reporting due to repeated pseudoscientific claims, lack of medical expertise, and failure to align with credible scientific consensus.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: PSEUDOSCIENCE (3.0)
Factual Reporting: LOW (7.8)
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
Patrick Hahn is a writer, lecturer, and self-described researcher with no verifiable background in medicine, epidemiology, or virology. He maintains multiple online platforms, including his personal website patrickhahn.net, a teaching site, and a Substack where he publishes personal commentary and vaccine-skeptical essays. He has also authored five books, including Never the Same: Unheard Stories of the COVID-19 Vaccine, which presents anecdotal accounts alleging severe harm from COVID-19 vaccines.
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Funded by / Ownership
Hahn’s work is self-published and monetized through book sales on Amazon and subscriptions on Substack. He does not appear to have institutional or corporate funding, and there is no evidence of peer review or professional editorial oversight. His online presence promotes his own writings and interpretations of public health topics.
Analysis / Bias
Patrick Hahn’s content routinely misrepresents or distorts scientific findings related to COVID-19 and vaccines. His Substack post “Spike in Cardiac Deaths Caused by Covid ‘Vaccines’” falsely claims that COVID-19 vaccinations caused increases in cardiac deaths after 2020, citing misinterpreted data from JAMA and public health agencies. In contrast, FactCheck.org and the CDC confirm there is no evidence linking vaccination to increased cardiac mortality, and that such claims are based on distortions of statistical context.
While some of Hahn’s writings—such as “On James Watson, ‘Race,’ and the Heritability of Intelligence”—critique pseudoscience and racism, his COVID-related commentary demonstrates pseudoscientific reasoning and confirmation bias. His lack of medical training and reliance on misinterpreted studies, anecdotal reports, and speculative conclusions place his platform within the pseudoscience genre. The tone is distrustful of mainstream science and government, a hallmark of right-leaning health misinformation ecosystems.
Overall, Hahn’s presentation of data lacks scientific rigor, peer-reviewed support, and balanced perspective. The combination of anti-vaccine narratives, conspiratorial framing, and populist distrust of public health institutions places his work in the pseudoscience category, with mild right-leaning tendencies.
Failed Fact Checks
- Claims COVID-19 vaccines caused a “spike” in cardiac deaths (debunked by FactCheck.org, CDC, and WHO).
Overall, we rate Patrick Hahn’s website and Substack as Right-Center biased based on its distrust of mainstream science and frequent alignment with populist health skepticism. We also rate it Low for factual reporting due to repeated pseudoscientific claims, lack of medical expertise, and failure to align with credible scientific consensus. (D. Van Zandt 11/15/2025)
Source: https://www.patrickhahn.net/
Last Updated on November 15, 2025 by Media Bias Fact Check
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