Categories
Antivaccine nonsense Autism Medicine

Anti-vaccine nonsense is everywhere…like Elvis

You know, sometimes I think that the United States, Australia, and the U.K. must be unique in their level of tolerance for pseudoscientific nonsense. Of course, that’s probably mostly because that’s the majority of the English-speaking world, and I speak English. I don’t see and can’t understand anti-vaccinationists in most other languages. Unfortunately, fellow ScienceBlogger […]

Categories
Antivaccine nonsense Autism Medicine Quackery

The race to flee Andrew Wakefield

What does it take to get an advocate of pseudoscience to change his or her mind? Many are the times I’ve asked myself that question. Over the years, I’ve covered the gamut of techniques, going from what some might call “militant” or even insulting to being as reasoned and calm as can be–and probably everywhere […]

Categories
Antivaccine nonsense Autism Entertainment/culture Medicine Quackery Science Television

Andrew Wakefield on Good Morning America? Who says “tell both sides” medical journalist about pseudoscience is dead?

Oh, geez. Will the media never learn? Yep, it looks as though Andrew Wakefield will be on Good Morning America tomorrow. True, it is a holiday in the U.S., but that just might mean that viewership will be higher because more people will be at home. I, of course, will be at work; so I […]

Categories
Antivaccine nonsense Medicine

The Vaccine Times: For parents, by parents

It’s now been over a week since the first installment of Brian Deer’s expose in the BMJ revealing the depths of Andrew Wakefield’s fraudulent research. Over that week and a half or so, I’ve wondered just how someone like Wakefield could have had so much influence over so many parents. True, the British press was […]

Categories
Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

The Nobel disease meets DNA teleportation and homeopathy

I’m tired. Well, not exactly. I think I’m just suffering a case of what I like to call “anti-vax burnout.” It’s been a busy couple of weeks on the antivaccine front, given the new set of revelations about Andrew Wakefield, including even more detail about the nature of the scientific fraud he committed and previously […]