Measles Myths
Sir Sandy Macara, the former chairman of the British Medical Association, suggested last week that the MMR vaccine should be made compulsory in the UK, for children wishing to take advantage of a state...
View ArticleThe Anti-Vax Movement Turns Anti-Bix: Weetabix and Autism
Jenny McCarthy is an idiot. Even better than that, she’s an American idiot, being idiotic over there in that America place. That’s not a good thing for America, fair enough – but at least it’s enough...
View ArticleExpress yourself: MMR, autism and mitochondrial dysfunction
Yesterday, the Daily Express ran another scaremongering story on the manufactroversy that won’t quit – MMR and autism. The basis of this story appears to be the upcoming publication of a new edition of...
View ArticleAustralian Skeptics vs AVN Propaganda
Immunization: Get the Facts (click to enlarge) Businessman, aviator, and explorer, Dick Smith, has funded an Australian Skeptics’ advertisement to urge parents to access factual information on...
View ArticleSon of God says the flu vaccine will kill your kids
Last week, the British government announced that it would concentrate on immunising vulnerable groups, such as pregnant women and health care professionals, against the H1N1 “swine” flu strain, before...
View ArticleCompulsory Ignorance: More Anti-Vax Propaganda From The AVN
Anti-Vax Propaganda from the AVN A couple of weeks ago, I reported on the Australian Skeptics and their battle with the Australian Vaccination Network. The AVN are a ‘pro-choice’ organisation which...
View ArticlePublic Opinion On Science: Who To Trust And When?
MSS-member and recent émigré to Canada Chris Hassall takes a look at how public perception of science is distorted, and the role of skepticism in combating the distortion. People go about their daily...
View ArticleWhy We Should Avoid Ubisoft Products
In 1994, my friend Russel called me raving about a new playable demo he’d got from the cover disc of a PC magazine. The game was a reasonably early example of a real-time strategy game, in which the...
View ArticleMeasles Myths: Redux
You’d imagine that, by the second decade of the 21st century, we’d be done talking about measles. Like small pox, measles would be a distant and unpleasant memory of days gone by – at very least in the...
View ArticleGUTS! Does the GAPS diet cure autism?
The clean eating world is obsessed with guts! Your guts, my guts, your child’s guts…..even your dog’s guts. The recurring theme in clean eating dietary advice and health claims is that an unhealthy gut...
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