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Antivax lies about vaccines and infant mortality, 12 years later

Infant mortality.
This is what we call some seriously bad science. Read on to find out why!

Since COVID-19, in the antivax world everything old is new again. That’s right, Gary S. Goldman and Neil Z. Miller are back to defend their 2011 infant mortality “study” and RFK Jr. is flogging it as slam-dunk “evidence” that vaccines kill babies.

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SIDS, SADS, death and destruction: Antivaxxers resurrect an old lie to bolster a new lie

Victorian mourning infant baby and SIDS
Victorian infant mourning doll. Yes, before vaccines, this was a thing. So was SIDS, but antivaxxers are trying to claim otherwise. (Source.)

With antivaxxers blaming sudden adult death syndrome (SADS) on COVID-19 vaccines, of course, they’re citing SIDS now as being caused by MMR.

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Some post-holiday antivaccine “science”

I hope that you and yours are having a fantastic holiday season thus far. Yesterday, we had a great family gathering, after which I settled down to watch the Doctor Who Christmas special; all in all, a most excellent Christmas Day. Unfortunately, towards the later part of the day, someone out there sent me an […]

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H1N1 vaccine and miscarriages: More dumpster diving in the VAERS database

Antivaccinationists just love the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting (VAERS) database. As in love it to death. As in “can’t get enough of it.” The reason, of course, is that VAERS is a lot like an unmoderated discussion forum or, at best, a minimally moderated forum. Anyone can say anything they like. The reason is that […]