In three states there are currently measles outbreaks that officials and medical professionals are working to get under control. That is, to put it lightly, pretty much a nightmare. Of course, it’s a mostly avoidable nightmare thanks to vaccines, but we live in 2019 and so thanks to the anti-vaxx movement, it’s a nightmare that’s […] More
According to the CBC, the father at the center of a measles outbreak in Vancouver didn’t vaccinate his children because he was afraid they could get autism. The CBC reported: In an exclusive interview with CBC News, Emmanuel Bilodeau said he and his then-wife were influenced by reports that linked the vaccine that prevents measles, mumps […] More
Science Enthusiast Podcast 010 – Fiona O’Leary, ‘Vaxxed’, and Autism Advocacy Subscribe on Stitcher, iTunes, or on the podcast’s homepage. Or download it here! Or even on YouTube. Can’t find us in your podcasting app? Add our feed (scienceenthusiast.libsyn.com/rss) to the provider or fill out the contact form below and we will get it added! […] More
Tennessee Doctor Drops Vaccines Because ‘They Could Cause Autism’ This past weekend, the annual AutismOne Conference was held in Chicago. The conference is a who’s who of autism and anti-vaccine quackery, which Orac explains in detail. Their keynote speaker this year was Edwin Black, who believes that we’re engaging in scientific genocide to create a […] More
Kerri Rivera is a “Bishop” in the Master Mineral Solution (MMS), Genesis II “Church” (okay, so it’s a cult). The “church with no religion” is ran by Jim Humbles, who claims to be able to cure a myriad of diseases (including cancer, malaria, Ebola and AIDS). Jim was recently banned from speaking at an alternative […] More
Anti-vaxxers are the 8th Wonder of the World to me. They have access to the full body of knowledge humanity possesses in their pocket, yet somehow they think they know more than doctors who have dedicated their lives to medicine. It’s a runaway Dunning-Kruger effect. The state of Washington is currently dealing with yet another […] More
Anti-vaxxers are, quite literally, the worst. I’m trying so hard as I get older to not be so judgmental. Good people can disagree in good faith about almost any topic — taxes, war, religion, whatever — and I am trying to keep that in mind when I find people who disagree with me online. But anti-vaxxers test […] More
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. Vaccines work, vaccines are safe, and vaccines do not cause autism. Study after study has shown this to be the case. But ever since Andrew Wakefield published his fraudulent study, anti-vaxxers have perpetuated his narrative that the MMR vaccine causes autism. The sole reason […] More
According to a new study in the journal Vaccine, the majority of anti-vaccine advertisements on Facebook were paid for by just two organizations. The same study found that pro-vaccine advertisements were funded by 83 unique organizations. The authors of the study explained: In 2018, Facebook introduced Ad Archive as a platform to improve transparency in […] More
For action there is an equal and opposite reaction. I’m pretty sure I just made that up, and as a science blog, I’m sure you readers will let me get away with that assertion. Anyway, while that may be Newton’s Third Law of Gravity, I find it a scientific way of saying the more poetic, […] More
Being anti-vaccine is, decidedly, not a very smart position to stake out. I’m not telling you that you don’t have a right to be against vaccinating yourself, or your child. I’m just telling you that making an active decision to eschew vaccines that on the whole prevent infectious, deadly diseases from wiping out our species […] More
As I’ve said before, If you ever want to have your faith in humanity destroyed, join an anti-vaxxer group. A few years ago, I joined a handful of groups just to see what kinds of conversations were happening and to try to understand their logic. Spoiler alert: there is no logic to be found. Thanks […] More
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