I’m a cancer surgeon, and if there’s one thing that drives me straight to the liquor cabinet it has to be quack cancer “cures.” Very early in the history of this blog, I discussed one of the biggest quacks of all time, a woman who thinks that all cancer is caused by a liver fluke […]
Category: Politics
I know I’m a bit late to this game, but those of you who read ERV, Denialism Blog, and Pharyngula didn’t think that their prior mention of this story about how the State of Minnesota is going to allow naturopaths to claim the title of “doctor” would stop me from jumping right in even if […]
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I never thought I’d be saying this, but Dan Olmsted has my profuse thanks. When yesterday I posted some signs carried by marchers at the “Green Our Vaccines” rally on Wednesday, I asked you to decide for yourself whether they are “pro-safe vaccine” or anti-vaccine. To me the answer is obvious. Thanks to Olmsted, however, […]
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The organizers of the “Green Our Vaccines” rally yesterday went to great trouble to keep repeating a mantra that they “aren’t anti-vaccine” but rather “pro-safe vaccine” (or, as Jenny McCarthy likes to put it, “anti-toxin”). I’ve argued that it’s all a cynical ploy to hide their true agenda. What do some of the signs carried […]
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Maybe I need to inaugurate some sort of monthly award for the best comment, as some other ScienceBloggers do. If I had such an award, surely this comment earlier today by Prometheus would be in serious contention for it: Re: “Green Vaccines” One of the things that the “Greens” are in favor of is biological […]
