Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Edited to add (thanks to Reasonable Hank): 24th May, 2010: Dr Andrew Wakefield – Determination on Serious Professional Misconduct (SPM) and sanction Accordingly the Panel has determined that Dr Wakefield’s name should be erased from the medical register. The Panel concluded that it is the only sanction that is appropriate to protect patients and is [...]
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On the heels of the wonderful news that Bill Gates and his wife are investing ten billion dollars to get vaccines to kids who need them… “Vaccines are a miracle,” added Melinda Gates. “With just a few doses, they can prevent deadly diseases for a lifetime. We’ve made vaccines our priority at the Gates Foundation [...]
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In case you’re not familiar with the story (I guess few readers of this kind of blog wouldn’t have a passing notion of who Andrew Wakefield is) – you might want to recap on the “shoddy, litigation- and profit-driven pseudoscience” of Wakefield, whose now discredited study published in The Lancet in 1998, linked the MMR [...]
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Well, I got back from the doctor’s on Friday where I ended up getting a few blood tests. The thing that amused me was how about a year ago, I got my MMR vaccination updated. Apparently the last blood test I did indicated that my immunity to measles had gone. So this time around, I [...]
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I’m involved with the site Stop Jenny McCarthy (www.stopjenny.com), a site that was started by another member (who wishes to remain anon) in response to the anti-vaccination claims of Jenny McCarthy. Soon, this site will be launched: Jenny McCarthy Body Count. It’s really quite clever – clicking on the links for the preventable cases and [...]
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