No matter what the chorus of know-nothings, led by people like Jenny McCarthy, may say time and again.
In May, The New England Journal of Medicine laid the blame for clusters of disease outbreaks throughout the US squarely at the feet of declining vaccination rates, while nonprofit health care provider Kaiser Permanente reported that unvaccinated children [...]
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Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism
October 20th, 2009
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Smithfield Farms & Swine Flu?
April 27th, 2009
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A writer for Grist Magazine notices a geographic proximity between the outbreak and a major pork manufacturer.
Jim Carrey’s Public Health Crisis
April 22nd, 2009
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This nonsense at Huffpo from Jim Carrey attacking vaccines is the height of celebrities masquerading as experts. Usually its for harmless things, but in this case Carrey’s advocacy (along with Jenny McCarthy) will likely lead to children getting sick and possibly dying.
This attitude caused a measles outbreak in San Diego and is basically child abuse.
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Salmonella Peanuts Had Metal Fragments In Them. Yep, We Should Totally Let The Free Market Handle It.
January 30th, 2009
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Jeez Louise.
The government acknowledged Friday that a shipment of peanuts from the plant linked to a salmonella outbreak contained a “filthy, putrid or decomposed substance” later identified as metal fragments. The shipment was returned to the U.S. in April, months earlier than reflected in a federal tracking database.
The rejected shipment — coming across a bridge [...]
Another Blow To The “Fat Acceptance” Nonsense
April 29th, 2008
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I’m taking note of this as an expert fat guy. The idea that being overweight is healthy or some kind of ideal disconnected from health is just nutty.
New research challenges the notion that you can be fat and fit, finding that being active can lower but not eliminate heart risks faced by heavy women. “It [...]
