"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: MMR

A new study shows where antivaxers are most likely to make measles great again soon

Post author By Orac
Post date June 15, 2018
92 Comments on A new study shows where antivaxers are most likely to make measles great again soon

Cities to make measles great again — Metropolitan areas where antivaxers are working to make measles great again

A new study shows where in the US antivaxers are most likely to make measles great again, thanks to driving up nonmedical exemptions and driving down vaccine uptake.

Tags antivaccine, Detroit, Idaho, make measles great again, Michigan, MMR, nonmedical exemptions, personal belief exemption, Peter Hotez, school vaccine mandates, Tri-County Area, vaccines

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Thank you, Chelsea Clinton, for speaking out against Andrew Wakefield and driving antivaxers crazy

Post author By Orac
Post date May 4, 2018
171 Comments on Thank you, Chelsea Clinton, for speaking out against Andrew Wakefield and driving antivaxers crazy

Earlier this week, Chelsea Clinton spoke out against Andrew Wakefield and in support of vaccines. Hilarity ensued as antivaxers lost their mind in rage and faux disappointment in her.

Tags Andrew Wakefield, Andrew Zimmerman, Anthony Mawson, antivaccine, Chelsea Clinton, Christopher Exley, Christopher Shaw, Del Bigtree, Hillary Clinton, Kim Rossi, Kim Stagliano, MMR, Tess Hutchinson, The Lottery, Theresa Deisher, vaccines

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Despite the massive measles outbreak in the Minnesota Somali community, antivaxers double down

Post author By Orac
Post date August 23, 2017
79 Comments on Despite the massive measles outbreak in the Minnesota Somali community, antivaxers double down

American antivaccine activists have contributed to a massive measles outbreak among the Minnesota Somali immigrant community by spreading Andrew Wakefield’s misinformation. In the wake of the harm they’ve caused, they’re not apologetic. They’re doubling down.