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In reply to the discussion: Jenny McCarthy does a major CYA... [View all]NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)236. Word of advice, claims of conspiracy are a massive pseudoscience red flag.
It's also called the Galileo fallacy.
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For real. She might have influence, but nobody but me and my wife and my doctor have
Ed Suspicious
May 2014
#11
PROTIP: NaturalNews is a CT website and not a credible source by a wide margin.
NuclearDem
May 2014
#234
Did you forget Sarah Palin's assertion that a mother told her her daughter became "retarded" from...
Hekate
May 2014
#254
Any doctor, any scientist, any rational person knows you can't compare any animal anatomy
joeybee12
May 2014
#122
Yeah, I did. They all circle right back to RFK's "Deadly Immunity". (Imagine that.)
Liberal Veteran
May 2014
#167
Good old Mercurachrome and Merthiolate. Mom applied it freely to our scrapes in the 1950s - '60s.
Hekate
May 2014
#255
I will patiently wait for actual proof that there is a link between vaccines and autism
wercal
May 2014
#108
That's like saying blindness and dementia is caused by not getting syphilis.
Liberal Veteran
May 2014
#137
Even if what you say is factual (and a study of 2.9 million cases says otherwise)....
Liberal Veteran
May 2014
#146
So Here Are Some Things You Need To Know About Vaccines and Autism (the FACTS)
octoberlib
May 2014
#336
So, you want me to go ahead and get chicken pox to expose other people to it to boost
AtheistCrusader
May 2014
#151
Well, truth to tell...seeing a mild case of shingles is probably a bad benchmark for decision making
Liberal Veteran
May 2014
#190
"In all likelihood the truth about vaccines is that they are both good and bad. "
mzmolly
May 2014
#346
She was a grieving mother in a period when mercury was still used in childhood vaccines.
pnwmom
May 2014
#32
Except it wasn't. Her concerns didn't begin until 2005. Thimerosal was removed by 2001.
tclambert
May 2014
#56
The controversy was still going on, but the thimerosal was long gone by the time she joined in
tclambert
May 2014
#67
I can say that she wasn't "malicious" or an "idiot" for worrying that her son had gotten multiple
pnwmom
May 2014
#68
The not malicious part I am willing to concede. But there's a strong argument for idiot.
tclambert
May 2014
#73
Are all the researchers who were studying the issue after 2005 also idiots, or just McCarthy,
pnwmom
May 2014
#74
Well, unfortunately, in a sense they are right: CIA assets disguised themselves as MSF workers
Recursion
May 2014
#288
Yeah and the scarey thing is that I think there is mercury inside all flu shots,
truedelphi
May 2014
#116
The fact that it could be easily dispensed with and put in single use vials demonstrates
pnwmom
May 2014
#85
It's funny that moms were putting thimerosal on open wounds for decades....
Liberal Veteran
May 2014
#62
And again you show that you understand nothing about chemistry, biology and physiology.
HuckleB
May 2014
#320
Except that doing so saves huge numbers of lives and apparently that just
AtheistCrusader
May 2014
#275
Except that children have been sickened, endangered, and in some cases died from her
AtheistCrusader
May 2014
#174
So we aren't allowed to say Jenny McCarthy's moronic ideas are deadly?
Liberal Veteran
May 2014
#125
This is obviously some strange usage of the word "bullying" that I hadn't previously been aware of.
Liberal Veteran
May 2014
#155
She's not the only one. There's a lot of study done which points to vaccines not being everything
DesertDiamond
May 2014
#15
Actually, other researchers who mirrored Wakefield's study have seen their work accepted.
truedelphi
May 2014
#131
For your next trick, why don't you tell us what you think about global warming.
AtheistCrusader
May 2014
#276
Yes, anyone who doesn't agree is labeled a "quack." To me, "quackery" is "medicine" that doesn't
DesertDiamond
May 2014
#171
Here is where you need to ask a few questions, and think long and ahrd about the answers:
truedelphi
May 2014
#221
Taking medical advice from a minor celebrity is the real problem. Her opinion is just an opinion.
tridim
May 2014
#18
Can you point to even a single legitmiate study demonstrating that vaccines cause autism?
Orrex
May 2014
#53
On-time Vaccine Receipt in the First Year Does Not Adversely Affect Neuropsychological Outcomes
HuckleB
May 2014
#79
Chakaconcarne, I can tell you that having been in the medical industry I did see cases where autism
DesertDiamond
May 2014
#83
So basically your anecdotes trump clinical studies? Has there been any demonstrated...
Humanist_Activist
May 2014
#86
Yes, there have been chronological links. As in, the baby is vaccinated, then quickly afterward
DesertDiamond
May 2014
#164
Nobody is saying there is a link except crackpots, quacks and conspiracy nuts.
Humanist_Activist
May 2014
#177
As a medical transcriptioinist, I had a bird's eye view. I transcribed reports about these cases.
DesertDiamond
May 2014
#169
It isn't just Big Media, it's the actual scientists and health care professionals...
HuckleB
May 2014
#231
You're Actually Siting the Same Rep Dan Burton Who Shot a Watermelon with a Pistol
PopSixSquish
May 2014
#325
So when your appendix ruptures, you just wait and let it sort itself out on its own?
Orrex
May 2014
#227
I honestly don't understand why some conspiracy theory nonsense gets sent to the dungeon.
HuckleB
May 2014
#198
Well she has a kid who has autism .. so now she's an expert. I have a sister who has
YOHABLO
May 2014
#196
You've been debunked, and you know it, as I'm the only one who has shown any actual argument.
HuckleB
May 2014
#244
People who take medical advice from actors bear some of the blame, I think (nt)
Recursion
May 2014
#283
I don't understand...what is she trying to protect by falsely backtracking?
TeacherB87
May 2014
#301
As long as no one says anything bad about Chris Hardwick and Carmen Electra I'm fine
Bombtrack
May 2014
#339