The flu kills. In the 2015-2016 season, the flu killed as many as 56,000 people, and as many as 35 million were sickened by it. And with the rise of anti-vaxxers seemingly all over the place, it’s no surprise that so many needlessly fall ill each year. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported: An additional 34 […] More
Your thoughts and prayers are useless. It goes without saying that tragedies like the church shooting in Texas today are horrible acts of violence that should not be happening in our society. I hope that the surviving families get the help they need and are able to carry on and create a “new normal” for […] More
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Parenting is hard. Sometimes it even sucks. As parents, we’re trained to not say things like this. We’re supposed to say things like “every child is a gift” or “you never know true happiness until you become a parent” or “I can’t wait until school starts back up in the fall.” Many parents are shamed […] More
AMA Says Gun Violence Is A Public Health Crisis In the wake of the Orlando shooting this past Saturday, the American Medical Association announced on Tuesday that gun violence is a public health crisis. In the statement, AMA President Steven J. Stack said: An epidemiological analysis of gun violence is vital so physicians and other […] 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
De Niro Pulls Wakefield’s ‘Vaxxed’ from Tribeca Festival It was announced this week that the Tribeca Film Festival would show the pro-disease film entitled Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe. The film was directed by Andrew Wakefield, who is known as the father of the anti-vaccine movement, after his discredited, debunked, and retracted study alleging a […] More
