Cheshire is not a scientist. But neither is his nemesis Richard Fleming, also known as “Dr who?”. There is no insane conspiracy theory that covidiot and convicted felon hasn’t embraced, and he now wrote a second unhinged book. Which Cheshire read and now wrote a brief review about.

Fleming invested a lot of work trying to find out who Cheshire is so he can have that cat arrested and imprisoned. But his stupidity stood in Fleming’s way of noticing that Cheshire stopped hiding his identity some time ago. Cheshire’s real name is Kevin Patrick, as we revealed already in May 2024 Shorts.

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Well, That’s Regrettable – Revisiting Dr. who?, Twitter and COVID clown

By “Cheshire” aka Kevin Patrick

For newer For Better Science readers or those who do not recall: back in 2019, when I rejoined Twitter, Dr. Richard Fleming (aka Dr. who?) often tweeted about me, and erroneously presumed I was someone who was criticizing his research publications because I was a Keto diet fan (a “KETO stalker”). He interacted with me on Twitter (then blocked me), and on PubPeer, as well as in the comments section of the first Retraction Watch story, and also on George Henderson’s Hopeful Geranium site. 

Unfortunately, he later deleted his comments on George’s site… unfortunately because they were amongst the funniest outbursts he’s published. Kindly, someone archived George’s site on the Internet Archive before Dr. who? deleted his comments so we can still look back with delight on the now-5 year old bluster from this literal fraudster.

Despite his claim of having a law degree, he demonstrated back then that he doesn’t have a very keen understanding of law. I point out now, as then, that defamation is rarely a criminal offense in the U.S., truth is an absolute defense, as a public figure he would have to prove “actual malice” (in a civil case, at least), plus anti-SLAPP statutes would likely apply to my comments and criticism.

Almost three years ago, when I shared a collection of materials on For Better Science (Cheshire vs Dr who?)  that supported my contention that Dr. who? was not someone people should trust on matters of medicine, science, or law, I welcomed Dr. who? or his followers to provide evidence in the comments if I had made any errors. As of today, no one has done so. 

Dr. who? (now tweeting with the username @Doctor_I_am_the) is still blustering about some imagined injury or crime (screenshots from March 20, 2024).

Somehow he’s managed to twist his annoyance at my criticisms about his “research” and exaggerations of his credentials into some sort of conspiracy between some of his various critics, plus Jeffrey Epstein, and a CNN producer! He’s confusingly accusing his critics of actual crimes: hacking, cyber stalking, molestation of women and children, illegal use of likeness. Transparently he’s (still) threatening legal action and prosecution for some imagined injury to his ego because he reads my tweets (from behind his Twitter block). 

Jail, and eventually hell, here I come.

And… he’s just published another book.

In 2021, Dr. who? published “Is COVID-19 a Bioweapon?: A Scientific and Forensic Investigation,” via Skyhorse Publishing (an imprint of RFK Jr’s anti-vax: Children’s Health Defense). Half-full of screen prints of web pages, in it Dr. who? criticizes the U.S. gain-of-function research that he equates with the development of a bioweapon, but perplexingly he also criticizes the COVID-19 vaccines for injecting the very same dangerous spike protein into millions of people. I fail to see the need for a vaccine conspiracy to spread the spike proteins if the bioweapon is already doing it, but I’m not a virologist or bioweapons expert. Then again, neither is Dr. who?

Now, he’s just released, “Are We the Next Endangered Species? Bioweapons, Eugenics, and More,” also via Skyhorse. Described by the publisher as a “riveting exploration [that] unearths ancient civilizations that embraced slavery, sterilization, and eugenics, drawing chilling parallels to our present reality,” I skimmed the 678(!) pages so you don’t have to. 

The title is a hint to what’s to come. Aligning with Betteridge’s law of headlines, “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”

Are We the Next Endangered Species? is a meandering set of theories and historical facts, poorly linked together with what he apparently believes is a novel idea that powerful forces have always been conspiring to subjugate the powerless (as my mother would say: oh really?). A visual synopsis of the book’s main ideas:

Rather than starting with 18^th century slavery and 20^th century eugenics, Dr. who? starts with major religious texts and the Greeks. From Chapter 2:

“What if I told you that Hitler’s Germany was merely part of a greater experiment designed to restore the longevity of humanity as reported in both the Torah² and Christian Bible;³ a longevity culminating with Methuselah who reportedly lived to 969 years of age. (sic)”

Fleming, Richard M.. Are We the Next Endangered Species?: Bioweapons, Eugenics, and More (p. 35). Skyhorse. Kindle Edition.

[The first thing I’d tell Dr. who? is that a question is supposed to end with a question mark, but I suppose that mistake is on the editor.]

Although I am not a religious scholar (and neither is Dr. who?), I’m pretty confident that the Torah and the Bible do not “report” on an “experiment” about the longevity of humanity.

He also shares keen insights such as this (full paragraph, unsourced):

“We also know that women taking birth-control pills (BCPs) are less sexually satisfied, having an altered sexual behavior compared to those who do not take BCPs. This is associated with a reduced interest in finding a male partner to produce the healthiest baby possible. The end result is a reduction in the health and potential survivability of the baby conceived by that woman. Providing the perfect argument to practice eugenics.”

p. 49

Ugh. From this it seems that he’s a supporter of contraceptive medicine and eugenics, since he doesn’t attribute this statement to anyone else. I rather assume this is just poorly written and unsourced.

Like in the first book, much of the content is sourced to material already freely available via his two websites (flemingmethod.com and 10letters.org) or elsewhere on the internet, so there’s little incentive for readers to pay for the book. In fact, in the Kindle version that I purchased, there are multiple screenshots that are completely illegible, but he provides “more than 40” QR codes, to “also allow you to look at the material in color and at larger size.” Even on his site, many images are still of low quality or basically illegible; some are used multiple times, and some are nonsensical. See for yourself.

Some examples: 

Huh?

Pictured, grainy image of PERFORMING CPR ON MEDICINE: WE’RE INJURED BUT NOT DEAD!:

Of course, any presentation by Dr. who? would not complete unless he tiresomely misrepresented his credentials (see here for my prior explanation):

“Medicine Is Not a Business—It’s a Profession, a Calling 
Speaking as a physicist [not], physician [former] (internist, cardiologist, nuclear cardiologist), and attorney [not], I can say that there is no greater opportunity to serve humanity than to take care of someone dying and keep them from dying; that is what drove me to cardiology to begin with—the ability to make a difference.” [bracketed comments mine]

p. 186

Lengthy parts of the book are cut-and-pasted lists that do little to educate any reader about anything. 

One screenshot:

Mind you, these are in the text of the book, not in the appendices. The additional appendices, endnotes, and index take up another 116 pages (nearly 20% of the book).

If readers want to see sample pages without purchasing the book, the Amazon link provides some sample pages, including this one (in case you wanted religious lessons from a convicted felon):

In any event, for me there were few surprises in skimming through the book. 

Dr. who?’s Call to Action (AKA a Futile and Stupid Gesture)

Dr. who?’s call to action is to point readers to an existing letter writing “campaign” where he encourages U.S. citizens to write letters accusing over a dozen named individuals and institutions of a variety of crimes (“including but not limited to”):

1. Murder
2. Attempted Murder
3. Manslaughter
4. Reckless Homicide
5. Reckless Endangerment
6. Assault
7. Battery
8. False Imprisonment
9. Perjury

In conclusion, I suppose Dr. who? might make a few bucks on the book, and reading it will not directly harm anyone, other than wasting a bit of time and money. If you feel it worthwhile to write a letter to your state attorney general accusing Dr. Fauci, Bill Gates, and a dozen others of crimes against humanity, you “are just the guys to do it.”

Some sources and links of possible interest:

• A convicted felon writes a paper on hotly debated diets. What could go wrong? (Retraction Watch, November 2018)
• A convicted felon wants people to enroll in a COVID-19 clinical trial. What could go wrong? (Retraction Watch, May 2020)
• Cheshire vs Dr who? (For Better Science, September 2021)
• Video Distorts Early Coronavirus Research To Promote Baseless Bioweapon Conspiracy Theory (FactCheck, June 2023)
• Misconception: The Origins of COVID-19 (FactCheck, various publications)
• U.S. scientists brace for tighter scrutiny of potentially risky research (Science, January 2023)
• World’s largest body of human geneticists apologizes for eugenics role (Washington Post, January 2023)
• Meet the scientist at the center of the covid lab leak controversy (MIT Technology Review, February 2022)

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