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The Crazy on the Other Side of the Pond, Pt. 5

Posted by spyderkl on February 14, 2009 at 1:03 pm

Here’s the link for the final section of Jeni Barnett’s LBC radio show about the MMR vaccine. In this section, a NHS nurse by the name of Yasmin calls in and tries to present some facts, based on the work she does daily and the information about the MMR vaccines she has available to her. [...]

The Crazy on the Other Side of the Pond: Pt. 4

Posted by spyderkl on February 13, 2009 at 9:09 am

First off, a happy hello to all of you coming over from Yahoo News. Feel free to say hi…or leave an actual comment…or something. Here’s Part 4 of the Jeni Barnett show about MMR vaccines from last week. I guess I should clarify what I mean by “the crazy”. I’m not referring to a person, [...]

The Crazy on the Other Side of the Pond, Part 3

Posted by spyderkl on February 12, 2009 at 12:17 pm

So…here is your daily link to Jeni Barnett’s show on LBC Radio (UK) about the MMR vaccine. Jeni Barnett’s show on LBC, part 3 of 5. This morning, the special vaccine court set up by the US Congress as part of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was scheduled to rule on whether or not [...]

Happy B.A.D.!

Posted by spyderkl on February 3, 2009 at 9:48 am

Today is Blogroll Amnesty Day. First started by Skippy the Bush Kangaroo after a blogroll purge by a Big Name Blogger Who Will Not Be Named Here, it’s also celebrated by the Reasonable Conservative Jon Swift and BlueGal. It primarily celebrates “small blogs” – those of us who get less than 500 hits per day [...]

Dr. Offit, Autism, and Vaccinating Your Child

Posted by spyderkl on January 15, 2009 at 3:21 pm

There’s a great, and somewhat sad, article in the NY Times this week; about Dr. Paul Offit and his latest book, Autism’s False Prophets: Risky Science, Bad Medicine. In it, he states that vaccines do not cause autism in young children. Don’t look for him in a bookstore near you; he’s not going on a [...]