vaccines

I hear that Offit is planning a new book on alternative medicine.... Quite a lot to bite off imo, considering how his field of expertise is in vaccines/pediatrics primarily. I think one of the best books was Rose Shapiro's "Suckers" - "How alternative medicine makes fools of us all"

I've stumbled upon a number of powerful anti-vaccine personalities over the years on TV, radio and Youtube, but this fiery performance by alternative medicine "crusader" Gary Null tops them all. His extreme anger, loudness and body language are nearly Hitlerian. Naturally, his rant is almost...

Split from the "what do you guys believe?" thread here. The proof of the pudding that there are conspiracies at high levels of society is media's insistence that there are NONE. Let's see. Big pharma and the mainstream media insist vaccines are absolutely safe but close to NONE of the...

I went for my regular prenatal exam yesterday and some of the nurses were very upset over a case of whooping cough in the infant daughter of one of their patients. (My mom's little brother had it back in the 50s and she said it was one of the most frightening things she'd ever seen.) Our...

It’s April 8th now, and the ad runs on the 28th. We have 20 days, folks… a LOT can happen in 20 days. Get moving. http://skepticalteacher.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/alert-demand-that-cbs-not-air-outdoor-anti-vaccine-ad/

L.D. 694, sponsored by Rep. Andrea Boland, D-Sanford, would require health care providers to give parents a list of the ingredients in any vaccine. Federal law already requires doctors to provide a fact sheet that includes information about a vaccine, such as risks and potential reactions, but...

http://www.thecitizen.com/archive/main/archive-050302/pt-05_mercury.html It appears that someone has made a comparison of the mercury levels between a can of tuna and flu vaccines: It appears that there's 20 times the amount of mercury in a can of light tuna versus a flu shot...strange. You...

Supreme Court rules against parents in vaccine case Sotomayor and Ginsburg were in the minority, while Kagan recused herself. I don't know about the constitutional issues, but the result is the one I would agree with.

Ok, this is an old one, but I'd like to update my data. I looked into these links about the Amish and vaccination a few years ago: http://autism-news-beat.com/archives/29 http://photoninthedarkness.blogspot.com/2005/06/genetics-101-amish-anomaly.html...

I see the B&M Gates foundation have made a new video about the importance of vaccines and the drive to eradicate polio. Good one to share. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZvpF6gaGH4&feature=player_embedded Vaccines save lives

http://tribune.com.pk/story/104039/crippling-statistics-fight-against-militants-leads-to-polio-spike/ The effort to eradicate the disease was affected when a Taliban leader declared the vaccine “un-Islamic” last year. That's what we'll get if the vaccination-"skeptics" get their way.

From CNN:

http://skepticalteacher.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/alert-anti-vaccine-safe-minds-ad-playing-in-some-theaters/ Read on, folks... and take action, please:

Folks, we need to spread the word far & wide on this one: http://skepticalteacher.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/anti-vaccination-psa-coming-to-a-theater-near-you-literally/ Cheers - MM

I'm in the middle of an anti-vax debate. I'm having a hard time...The issue at the moment is the charge that vaccines are not tested properly. More specifically that they are not tested via a placebo group. I did find this website and it's good but it's very general. While I was looking for...

Read 'em and weep, CTists: http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/hsn/moreevidencethatvaccinesdontcauseautism I get exposed to a lot of CTs, and I'm sure you've heard them, that the government uses vaccination as some sort of evil plot to cause autism in order to achieve...something (the evil...

FYI folks, spread the word... http://skepchick.org/blog/2010/08/hug-me/ We need donations to help cover the cost of space we need to rent in a mall area next to Dragon*Con. The more donations, the more easily we can offer these FREE vaccines to the fine folk who attend Dragon*Con. So, please...

ETA: I've mis-spelt "China" in the heading, my bad! (If a mod would be so kind to fix this I'd be most appreciative) Hi guys. I've done a search and I can't find anything relating to this here, so here I go. This is just from a conversation I'm having on the facebook with a cousin of mine...

They did a segment this morning on the Today Show about outbreaks of whooping cough and measles. Nancy Snyderman, who never beats around the bush, spoke forcefully and made her points well. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/37278452#38444985

I have it on good authority that there's going to be a big anti-vaccine rally in Chicago on Wednesday... http://americanpersonalrights.org In addition, it looks as if Andrew Wakefield himself is going to be there, spreading his woo & nonsense. I do know that there's some of my fellow skeptics...

Dr Sarah Myhill is a GP in Wales who has gained a big following in the CFS community by prescribing vitamin injections and other non evidence based treatments for people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) all over the country. Her website was also pretty full of woo and anti vaccine nonsense...

This speech just made my day: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/13/specter.denying.science/ Generally, it's about the benefits of Science, what Science has done for us, and what it needs to be doing. It covers denialism of vaccines, irrational fears about GM foods, and the futility of...

While checking through my email, a friend of mine sent this article to me: http://www.prisonplanet.com/bill-gates-use-vaccines-to-lower-population.html Aside from whether or not vaccines are dangerous (I have doubts about Alex Jones and his ilk), was Bill Gate's statement about lowering the...

This is amazing news: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/ http://www.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/01/29/davos.bill.gates.donates/index.html WOW.

Over at the Bad Astronomy blog JJB is alleging the released pic of Obama getting the H1N1 vaccine is faked......or something: "Okay – I thought I had seen this photo b/4 – Phil … it took me less then 5 minutes to find the exact girl – and guy in this photo – STOCK – and it’s NOT Obama! So let’s...

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I have an antivaxxer on my FB page who insists that herd immunity is a myth, because vaccines wear off over time and people aren't protected by their vaccine induced antibodies after several years. He mentioned the MMR vaccine in particular. Could I get some information about herd immunity? Is...

I found this news article on the AOL news this morning: http://www.aolhealth.com/health/fall-health/flu-shot-desiree-jennings?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl2|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolhealth.com%2Fhealth%2Ffall-health%2Fflu-shot-desiree-jennings As far as I can remember, there is no casual (or is...

http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/1819625,CST-NWS-stein12.article Maybe we should send him a few letters thanking him. It's always a good idea to show support for skeptical writers. Especially given the number of letters he probably got from conspiracy loons calling him naive/ a shill/...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091008131852.htm Again. Although, the woo woos balk at the word "scientific". Evidence matters not, ideas must stand no matter how much they are shown to be baseless!! So, did any mainstream news channels pick this story up and spread it...