One would like to believe that what is printed in the media is accurate and what is printed in scientific journals is well, scientific. Sadly, all too often neither of those is the case. In recent days, a study published in the prestigious journal of Pediatrics has been reported on by dozens of … [Read more...]
Do you believe in magic? No, but we believe in facts.
Recently, two books have been published by Dr. Paul Offit, the leading proponent of vaccines in the US and one of the main experts featured in The Greater Good. The two books are called Do you Believe in Magic and Killing Us Softly. They laughably denounce supplements and alternative medicine like … [Read more...]
Doctors and Scientists with Concerns About Vaccines
The following is a list of scientists and physicians (over 160) who acknowledge that vaccines can and do harm some children and/or have some concern about a vaccine, combinations of vaccines, the vaccine schedule, or an ingredient or ingredients in vaccines. These professionals are not anti-vaccine … [Read more...]
Help Families Dealing with Autism
Hi everyone, We'd like to share some information about how you can help spread the word that autism is real, that it is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids, that it can be treated, and that there is hope. Generation Rescue is working to get that message across and you can help. Charity … [Read more...]
Media Coverage of Vaccines – Follow the Money
For the past couple of weeks there have been numerous headlines in Australian media calling for "vaccine refusers" to lose certain public services and for unvaccinated children to be shunned by society, daycare, etc. There is even a campaign called "No jab, no play" (see links to stories below). … [Read more...]
Religious Exemptions and Medical Neglect – Who Decides?
Dr. Paul Offit, leading vaccine mandate proponent, Merck consultant, rota virus vaccine developer, and head of infectious diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recently penned a piece, Ending religious exemption to medical neglect in Pennsylvania.1 While Dr. Offit horrifies parents with … [Read more...]
The Australian: Blaming “Vaccine Refusers”
In another example of media hype and spin, The Australian newspaper in Australia ran this headline: "No jab, no play campaign reveals vaccination refusals high as babies die". From the title, one would think several babies had died recently but that is not the case. The story mentions several … [Read more...]
Spinning the Measles (AKA Blaming Dr. Wakefield)
For the past couple of months headlines decrying the measles outbreak of 1,000 cases in Britain have been plastered across the globe: from Britain to the US, to Viet Nam, Australia, and the Middle East. It has been so widely covered it surely must make one stop and consider whether this is not … [Read more...]
MMR and Autism: Does the media tell the whole story?
Recently we have discussed the manner in which the mainstream media spins facts, research, dates, omits information, etc. to influence public perception. In this post, we share the experience of a mother whose perspective you are not likely to see on the nightly news. Isabella Thomas, the mother of … [Read more...]
Spinning the Chicken Pox Vaccine
Does the timing of media releases ever seem coordinated to you? Case in point: March 20, 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data showing the autism epidemic has reached terrifying levels, affecting 1 in 50 children and 1 in 31 boys between, age 6 and 18.1 Then on … [Read more...]
