Mark Skidmore is an American economist. He is Professor of Economics and Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, where he holds the Morris Chair in State and Local Government Finance and Policy.[1] Skidmore completed his undergraduate education at the University of Washington and received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Colorado in 1994 for his dissertation "State Responses to Fiscal Stress".[1]"Faculty Profile - Mark Skidmore". lincolninst.edu. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
In the spring of 2017, Skidmore summarized and reported on $21 trillion in unsupported accounting adjustments in the United States Department of Defense's budget.[2]
Vaccination edit
Skidmore maintains a personal blog in which he has made a number of posts evincing a strong anti-vaccination stance.[3]
In January 2023, an article[4] authored by Skidmore appeared in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases in which Skidmore claimed that the COVID-19 vaccines had killed 278,000 people. Following post-publication peer-review the article was retracted by the journal, citing concerns about methodology, accuracy, and mis-statements about ethical clearance.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Mark Skidmore". Department of Economics. Michigan State University. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
- ^ MSU scholars find $21 trillion in unauthorized government spending; Defense Department to conduct first-ever audit, December 11, 2017
- ^ Gorski DH (23 October 2023). "Has MSU economics professor Mark Skidmore been 'exonerated' over his retracted paper claiming that COVID vaccines killed 278,000?". Science-Based Medicine.
- ^ Skidmore M (January 2023). "The role of social circle COVID-19 illness and vaccination experiences in COVID-19 vaccination decisions: an online survey of the United States population". BMC Infect Dis. 23 (1): 51. doi:10.1186/s12879-023-07998-3. PMC 9872073. PMID 36694131.
- ^ Skidmore M (April 2023). "Retraction Note: The role of social circle COVID-19 illness and vaccination experiences in COVID-19 vaccination decisions: an online survey of the United States population". BMC Infect Dis (Retraction notice). 23 (1): 223. doi:10.1186/s12879-023-08234-8. PMC 10088578. PMID 37041482.