Amanda Peet!!!

[semillama]

Woot!



http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=339

"Now actress Amanda Peet has entered the game with a video in which she defends the safety of vaccines. In an interview about her views she said:

Frankly, I feel that parents who don’t vaccinate their children are parasites.

She is referring to the fact that when the majority of children are vaccinated they prevent the spread of infection through so-called “herd immunity.” Those who don’t vaccinate are benefiting from those who do. Calling this “parasitic” is inflammatory - but not inaccurate. Peet essentially gets it right. Of course, when enough people choose not to vaccinate there is the risk that herd immunity will be compromised and outbreaks will occur - this has already happened in the UK and is now starting to happen in the US.

Peet says she researched the issue with vaccines before deciding to vaccinate her own child, but she had some guidance from her brother-in-law who is a pediatrician. Not everyone has that advantage."

[realisticphish]

1. i heard about that

right after she said it. She's on the "good list" ;)

[TZ]

2. A celebrity with a brain.

However...she has a pediatrician BIL and STILL felt the need to research the matter, first?. Yikes.
THe levels of disinformation out there is amazing..

[Pale Blue Dot]

3. That's funny. I was just reading a "Skeptical Inquirer" article about Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet the physicist, that is.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/view-peet.html

There must be some good karma in that name!

[varkam]

4. Not that I am not grateful for the fact we at least have one celeb on our side...

but I think that it is a relatively sad commentary that celeb endorsements seem to matter to people. Sign of the times I guess. I think that Novella is right when he says that they shouldn't matter.