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I get e-mail, too

I realize that PZ seems to have all the fun when it comes to entertaining e-mails from cranks, but that doesn’t mean I don’t sometimes get my share of such amusement. For example, yesterday, waiting for me in the morning in my e-mail in box was this delightful gem: From: [email protected] Subject: the dark force […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Medicine

“We support Dr. Andrew Wakefield”?

Alright, I know that, after yesterday’s epic post (which was long even by Orac-ian standards), I said that I was going to try to get away from vaccine blogging for a while. I lied. Well, not really. At that time I really did mean it. But then I came across something that I just couldn’t […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine

Why we immunize

This is mandatory reading. ‘Nuff said.

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Fast approaching: The 106th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle

It’s almost here. In fact, it’ll be here in a mere three days, and I’ve been remiss. But it’s still not too late to submit your best skeptical work to Jeff, the next host of the Skeptics’ Circle, to be held on Thursday at Disillusioned Words. So please, don’t let the fact that I was […]

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The beginning of a very, very bad year for antivaccinationists

One thing that’s become apparent to me so far in 2009 is that, while 2008 was the year of the antivaccinationist, 2009 is already shaping up to be a very bad year for antivaccinationists. A very bad year indeed, and this is a very, very good thing–if it can be sustained. But first, let’s take […]