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Antivaxers inundate the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting

Kevin Tuttle and CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

Yesterday, antivaxers inundated the public comment session of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. There were only two pro-science advocates versus a host of antivaccine activists spouting pseudoscience

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Religion

“Crush”-ing the victimhood gambit among antivaxers

Crush victimhood

An antivaxer by the ‘nym “Crush” at the antivaccine coffee klatch known as the Thinking Moms’ Revolution thinks that she and all antivaxers have been horribly victimized by evil pro-vexers. She’s a case of extreme Dunning-Kruger.

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Cancer Medicine Popular culture Religion

Roxli Doss: A deadly brain tumor shrinks to undetectable without quackery

Roxli Doss

Roxli Doss is an 11-year-old girl from Texas diagnosed with the deadly brain cancer DIPG. After radiation therapy, her deadly cancer is undetectable, no alternative cancer cures sought or used. What happened?

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Bad science Politics Pseudoscience Quackery Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

Rep.-Elect Mark Green: A new antivaccine crank goes to Congress

Dr. Mark Green: Bringing the antivaccine crazy
Dr. Mark Green: Bringing the antivaccine crazy

Here we go again. Meet Rep-Elect Mark Green. He’s following in the footsteps of Reps. Dan Burton and Bill Posey in bringing the antivaccine crazy to Congress, only this time for the people of Tennessee.

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Antivaccine nonsense Pseudoscience Quackery Religion

Another Waldorf School, another outbreak. Quelle surprise!

Asheville Waldorf School

There’s been an outbreak of chickenpox in North Carolina. Guess where it happened? Yes, at a Waldorf school. Quelle surprise! Waldorf Schools are a danger to the children who attend them and the communities in which they are located.