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Vaccines and Autism: Lies and Fear Mongering
Fear sells. It doesn’t matter how bad the horror movie is: Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Saw XII (or whatever one they are on now), all terrible. And all of them kill (pun intended) at the...
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You Can Save a Child’s Life Just by Reading This!
I’m mad. I mean I’m really really REALLY mad! The anti-vaccine movement has been gaining strength in recent years. This will result in the deaths of young children and infants. It is already happening....
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Penn & Teller’s ‘Bulls#$%’ Take on the Anti-Vaxxers!
If you are lucky enough to have Showtime, check out Penn & Teller’s ‘Bullshit’ tonight at 10 pm ET. Here is the episode description: In the Season 8 finale, vaccination is considered modern...
View ArticleCNN Gets It Right With Article on Vaccines and Autism
The state of science reporting and science journalism is pretty dismal. And in the past few years, there have been few better examples of this than the reporting on the Vaccine/Autism “debate”....
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The Adventure of Links: Sept. 13, 2010
Ed Yong of Not Exactly Rocket Science posts a weekly summary of interesting links. Since this is one of the posts I most look forward to reading, I thought I would start my own version. Welcome to The...
View ArticleScore One For the Good Guys!
Every so often, a victory comes along that reminds me why we do this. Blogging about science and skepticism can be tough. You wonder “are we really making a difference?” Yes, we are. The anti-vax group...
View ArticleR2-D2 Can’t Get Vaccinated, But You Can
Vaccines don’t cause autism. They have saved millions of lives. And yet, there are those who continue to spout misinformation about vaccines, causing parents to choose to keep their child unvaccinated...
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The Adventure of Links (July 29, 2012)
London, UK, from space. Photo: NASA This week, we have the physics of firewalking, another protest against research cuts in Canada, and NASA releases photos of Olympic host cities…from space! Physics...
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