"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

Tag: Mississippi

Licensing naturopathic quackery in Mississippi: If at first you don’t succeed…

Post author By Orac
Post date October 25, 2016
44 Comments on Licensing naturopathic quackery in Mississippi: If at first you don’t succeed…

Here we go again. Naturopaths crave legitimacy for their brand of pseudoscientific medicine. Basically, they delude themselves into thinking that they are real doctors and can function as primary care providers, despite abundant evidence that they cannot. they One (of several) ways they seek to acquire that legitimacy for naturopathy and themselves is through promoting […]

Tags licensure, Mississippi, naturopathy, Nicole Matis, quackery

Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Politics Quackery Science Skepticism/critical thinking

Will the Disneyland measles outbreak lead to the end of non-medical exemptions to school vaccine mandates? (It should)

Post author By Orac
Post date February 6, 2015
276 Comments on Will the Disneyland measles outbreak lead to the end of non-medical exemptions to school vaccine mandates? (It should)

Well, the ongoing multistate measles outbreak that’s been in the news for the last few weeks continues apace, which means I can’t seem to stay away from the issue for more than a couple of days. For instance, yesterday I learned that five babies at a Chicago-area day care have been diagnosed with the measles. […]

Tags antivaccine, California, Jerry Brown, Mississippi, nonmedical exemptions, personal belief exemption, religious exemption, vaccines

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