vaccines

Combo vaccine reduces risk of HIV infection, researchers say Unfortunately, it's only about one-third effective, but it's a start.

This is a plea from the Stop AVN facebook group. Thanks much!

I have been motivated to set up a website to tackle two specific issues that people are constantly debating, despite the mountains of evidence that support the scientific community. http://factsnotfantasy.com I am looking for more folks to help with this, as well as any feedback or thoughts...

Seems like tomorrow's BMJ has a 4 page article on the antivax movement/MMR scare. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/section_pdf/338/jun22_2/b2435.pdf I predict a vicious response.... :popcorn1

I get vaccinated most years against seasonal flu, but I have seen comments about how ineffective it is. I've not paid close enough attention to draw my own conclusion, but have simply assumed that if the NHS has decided it's a good thing for vulnerable patients then I'd like some of that...

Folks, hi, Haven't been here on the forums for a while, not since the 'great speaker cable debacle' involving Michael(s) Fremer and Lavigne anyway. Being an engineer, and an electrical one to boot, that sort of carry-on really piques my interest. But now there's another issue that's caught my...

I've started this thread so those with knowledge of vaccine development and/or medical use can tell us about the problems and uncertainties with vaccinations. For example: How much Thirmosal is safe to inject into a human of a particular age and/or weight? How was this amount determined?

http://www.skepticforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=11082 See also: http://www.skepticforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=11082 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/03/beware_a_wave_of_stupid_is_about_to_fall.php Ms. McCarthy opposes childhood vaccinations. She is going to be responsible (if...

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/cervicalcancer/Expert39s-fear-over-cervical-cancer.4652314.jp http://www.kpcnews.com/articles/2007/03/14/online_features/hpv_vaccine/hpv01.txt We have another Wakefield on our hands. Harper's vaccine is now being marketed as not for children, since the...

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE50D7XI20090114

Last year a previously healthy 20 yr old attending the same college as my son died of influenza (flu) when he got MRSA pneumonia with it. The CDC reported that after a couple years of sporadic cases, last year they saw a worrisome increase in MRSA pneumonia associated with influenza that was...

Dr. Nancy Snyderman is NBC's chief medical editor. This morning she did a profile of Dr. Paul Offit, author of the new book Autism's False Prophets. The profile was pretty good, not great, it missed a few points. But check out what happened during the "outro" after the report. Dr. Snyderman...

Newsweek article - "Debunking the Vaccine-Autism Link"... and, "death threats"? Newsweek published a story they titled "Debunking the Vaccine-Autism Link", and centered it around Dr. Paul Offit, chief of infectious diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a person the article calls...

Wow, just wow. http://www.pr.com/article/1076 Quick, someone tell Tobias that he's either not autistic, or not an adult. Thank you goes to a stopjenny.com fan for giving them the head's up. This is therefore being covered gleefully by the folks at www.stopjenny.com

I'm very troubled by the rising media presence of Jenny McCarthy lately. She's really taken the lead role in the antivaccination movement's PR. Very rarely do any other figures in that movement make television appearances. It got me thinking about how Robert Lancaster established a great model...

"Death may be better than autism in some cases,..." ... and further discussed here: http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/?p=1355 Is there any way to reason with that kind of mindset?

ZYnG-tPehbs Autism? Yeah, right. Avian flu on flu vaccines are the new sensation in the lastest NWO genocide techniques! :rolleyes:

http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/54844/ Maybe. This one is plant-based, so might be viewed as more "natural", even though we humans are quite far from being plants.

Recently it has become possible for me to watch American network evening news broadcast via iTunes, even though I no longer reside in the US. That's nice. I love the new gadgets and the fact that I can now watch American TV, etc. on my commute. On my commute this morning I saw this story...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25354060/ Many News stories on this one. http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS283&pwst=1&q=%22CimaVax%20EGF%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

So my parents sent me a hard copy of this gem: http://www.naturalchoice.net/articles/mercurymind.htm From the article My parents don't really buy it, but they are more along the lines of "Hey, what about this article? Debunk this..." So, I'm going to sit down and Fisk this article, but in the...

In general I am a pretty tolerant person when it comes to woo -- if it's not hurting anybody, then people are welcome to believe whatever wierdness trips their trigger. But there are certain areas in which woo beliefs do active harm and for these I have no pity. One of the most egregious of...

Hi everyone, I was talking to my wife, and I mentioned the old horrors of the rabies injections in ones abdomen. She (works in an ER) wondered why the hell you would ever inject anything into someone's abdomen. The muscle layer is relatively thin, so it's a bad choice for intra-muscular...

Very interesting article in the LA Times. Here's an excerpt: And this gem: TA: I just found this related, but different thread: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107164

First, let me start off by telling you that I'm 17. With that being said, I went to my doctor today (I'm sick) and then he looked into my record and discovered that I still haven't taken my meningitis vaccine. He told me I was supposed to take it around the age of 11 or 12 and he had no idea...

From the UK Guardian's Comment is Free section. Antivax nutjob gets his come-uppance in the comments. Enjoy.

I had a bit of a bone to pick with Randi about his recent comment about this controversy in SWIFT, so I emailed him and he replied quite promptly, to point out I said he said something he didn't say. Point taken. But, I thought I would start a thread so I can get some feedback from the Forum...

So I've just read a singularly uninformative CNN article with the title "Case renews debate on vaccine-autism link". http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/03/05/autism.vaccines.ap/index.html Best I can tell the article contradicts the headline. Apparently several vaccines administered in one day are...

Courtesy of the JABS forum, which I have been amusing myself by reading of late, comes a link to this web site. It was cited by "Truthseker" (a whackjob if I ever saw one) as evidence for a "measured comparison between vaccinated and unvaccinated children". I kid you not. From the website...

I have understood the Gardasil vaccine to be safe and effective: http://www.aafp.org:80/afp/20070815/steps.html However, I have just read this: If it wasn't a reaction to the jab, does anyone know what these two unfortunate young women could have died from that would be undetectable?