Don’t allow the “antivaxxers make me sick” nonsense to dissuade you from thinking independently. If you do your own research and come to the same conclusion that vaccinations are beneficial, great, if not, great. The point is to think for yourself; not to allow others to think for you irregardless of their inability to tolerate your self-governance.

But I think rather than dismissing HuffPo you should try to get published on it. It is am increasingly important media outlet, other than those anti-vax articles it has many excellent writers and posts, and I think YOUR particular writing style and your advocacy or true science would be welcome by its readers.

tim Says:
April 28th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
“her campaign, which, if successful, will bring back measles and polio to our children. Read it if you dare.”

That’s where I stopped reading your rant.

What about that line made you stop reading? The fact that it’s the truth and already happening?

Adolf Hitler was the first succesful media misuser, being a specialist in scaremongering.

Godwin! You lose.

By the way, you do realise that needle-stick is another way that Hep B can be transmitted, don’t you? And that addicts aren’t the most tidy of people when it comes to disposing of their needles? So a child is at risk especially as they aren’t the most discriminating at what they touch or pick up.

Out of curiosity, which brands of the Hep B vaccine contain thimerosal? According to http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/Thimerosal.htm none of the vaccines for Hep B, whether singly or in combination, contain thimerosal.

So something like that isn’t framed to scare people from chocolate cake?

I did not make any claims about the MMR vaccine, and the article that I read talked about vaccines in general for the most part. It made good points about understanding exactly what is put into your child’s body and why. It is possible to read my note as suggesting that Hep B vaccines contain thimerosal. You could make that claim and I’d gladly clarify. In fact, I have gone ahead and clarified anyway.

Mr. Hansen, I know better than to expect rigor here, but is MMR the only vaccine your children got? Not mine, that’s certain. I mentioned Hep B, did your doctor give your child a Hep B vaccination despite the mother not having Hep B or any risk factors?

@drksky
What ‘refutations’ are to be found here? I find little more than vitriol from people who didn’t bother to read the article. The article never says don’t vaccinate, it says understand exactly what is in each vaccination and why. It suggests that you, as a parent, have final responsibility for your child’s health as well as a solemn duty to the community.

I realize this is just a blog, but Mr. Plait’s knee jerk irresponsible description of Mr. Carrey’s article is far beneath the standards of Discover magazine.

This blog appears to be a scaremongering competition!
Adolf Hitler was the first succesful media misuser, being a specialist in scaremongering.
This enabled him to criminalize and eventually irradiate his targets.
Can you see the trend in this blog?
regards aquatic thinking

That’s where I stopped reading your rant.

To save you the time of looking it up, the answers are, in order: None, None, Yes.

What do you call a person that makes statements that are so easily disproved and that have been disproved repeatedly? I’ll let you work that one out yourself…

I stand by my comments.

It’s quite clear that many of you did not read the article and are childless.

Hep B for a child with no risk? And why is mercury in there at all? It’s there so they won’t have to find a better preservative or use refrigerators. We can’t find a better preservative?

The article quite rightly notes that parents should understand exactly what is being given to their children and why, and that vaccinations have a very important role in a healthy society.

Why do I have to keep putting chlorine in my pool? Surely the water “remembers” the hundreds of gallons I have put in over the years.

Why is there no homeopathic whiskey?

Why can’t terrorists murder people with homeopathic Cyanide? Or Anthrax?

Because it doesn’t work, that’s why.

It is your choice to vaccinate your kids and your choice to get vaccinated. Let people make up their own mind and stop being sheep.

If i don’t want to get vaccinated that is my choice… and you shouldn’t worry about getting sick from me if you are vaccinated. Get a life and leave your life to yourself.

You are a very selfish and narrow-minded person.
The people in favor of vaccinations are worried about those that do not have the choice of getting vaccinated. If you choose not to get vaccinated, you increase the likelihood of an outbreak and therefore risk the life and health of people that did not get immunity from vaccinations.

Do you suggest that you will pass-on immunity from needling?

Actually there is between an 80% to 95% chance of getting immunity from selected diseases from the use of needles. Though there is an option influenza immunization through inhalation, and the rotavirus vaccine is oral (and a version of the polio virus). No needles.

Beth:

you are a bunch of blockheads. have any of you tried homeopathy?

We do that everyday when we drink the water that comes out of the faucets in our homes. That stuff has been exposed to every molecule, and been shaken through the system to purify it and deliver to your home! Recipe for NatMur I found on the Internet at the end of the message.

I love how you call us “blockheads” when you both cannot spell (it is “tetanus”) and do not know that HepB is not only transmitted through blood and sex — oh, yeah, there are other bodily fluids, a good percentage of childhood transmissions are through unknown sources!. By the way, before the varicella vaccine about a hundred children per year died from chickenpox, something you would know if you read up on the diseases that the vaccines are for.

Recipe for Nat Mur or Natrum Mur or Natrium Mur or Natrum muriaticum:

1) Take ½ teaspoon of sea salt and dissolve into 1 cup of distilled water in a bottle.
2) Shake well.
3) This is a 1C solution (ratio 1/100).
4) Take ½ teaspoon of the 1C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 1C solution.
5) Shake well.
6) This is a 2C solution (ratio 1/10000).
7) Take ½ teaspoon of the 2C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 2C solution.
Shake well.
9) This is a 3C solution (1/1000000).
10) Take ½ teaspoon of the 3C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 3C solution.
11) Shake well.
12) This is a 4C solution (1/100000000).
13) Take ½ teaspoon of the 4C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 4C solution.
14) Shake well.
15) This is a 5C solution (1/10000000000).
16) Take ½ teaspoon of the 5C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 5C solution.
17) Shake well.
18) This is a 6C solution (1/1000000000000).
19) Take ½ teaspoon of the 6C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 6C solution.
20) Shake well.
21) This is a 7C solution (1/100000000000000).
22) Take ½ teaspoon of the 7C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 7C solution.
23) Shake well.
24) This is an 8C solution (1/10000000000000000).
25) Take ½ teaspoon of the 8C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 8C solution.
26) Shake well.
27) This is a 9C solution (1/1000000000000000000).
28) Take ½ teaspoon of the 9C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 9C solution.
29) Shake well.
30) This is a 10C solution (1/100000000000000000000).
31) Take ½ teaspoon of the 10C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 10C solution.
32) Shake well.
33) This is a 11C solution (1/10000000000000000000000).
34) Take ½ teaspoon of the 11C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 11C solution.
35) Shake well.
36) This is a 12C solution (ratio 1/1000000000000000000000000).
37) Take ½ teaspoon of the 12C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 12C solution.
38) Shake well.
39) This is a 13C solution (1/100000000000000000000000000).
40) Take ½ teaspoon of the 13C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 13C solution.
41) Shake well.
42) This is a 14C solution (1/10000000000000000000000000000).
43) Take ½ teaspoon of the 14C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 14C solution.
44) Shake well.
45) This is a 15C solution (1/1000000000000000000000000000000).
46) Take ½ teaspoon of the 15C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 15C solution.
47) Shake well.
48) This is a 16C solution (1/100000000000000000000000000000000).
49) Take ½ teaspoon of the 16C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 16C solution.
50) Shake well.
51) This is a 17C solution (1/10000000000000000000000000000000000).
52) Take ½ teaspoon of the 17C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 17C solution.
53) Shake well.
54) This is an 18C solution (1/1000000000000000000000000000000000000).
55) Take ½ teaspoon of the 18C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 18C solution.
56) Shake well.
57) This is a 19C solution (1/100000000000000000000000000000000000000).
58) Take ½ teaspoon of the 19C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 19C solution.
59) Shake well.
60) This is a 20C solution (1/10000000000000000000000000000000000000000).
61) Take ½ teaspoon of the 20C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 20C solution.
62) Shake well.
63) This is a 21C solution (1/1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000).
64) Take ½ teaspoon of the 21C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 21C solution.
65) Shake well.
66) This is a 22C solution (ratio 1/100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000).
67) Take ½ teaspoon of the 22C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 22C solution.
68) Shake well.
69) This is a 23C solution (1/10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000).
70) Take ½ teaspoon of the 23C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 23C solution.
71) Shake well.
72) This is a 24C solution (1/1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000).
73) Take ½ teaspoon of the 24C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 24C solution.
74) Shake well.
75) This is a 25C solution (1/100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000).
76) Take ½ teaspoon of the 25C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 25C solution.
77) Shake well.
78) This is a 26C solution (1/10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000).
79) Take ½ teaspoon of the 26C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 26C solution.
80) Shake well.
81) This is a 27C solution (1/1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000).
82) Take ½ teaspoon of the 27C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 27C solution.
83) Shake well.
84) This is a 28C solution (1/100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000).
85) Take ½ teaspoon of the 28C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 28C solution.
86) Shake well.
87) This is a 29C solution (1/10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000).
88) Take ½ teaspoon of the 29C solution and put it a bottle with 1 cup of distilled water, throw out the 29C solution.
89) Shake well.
90) This is a 30C solution (1/1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000).

And then you are done! You can make up other remedies by knowing what the mother tincture is… For instance “Nux Vomica” (or Nux Vom) is from the Nux Vomica plant which contains the poison strychnine, Nux Sulph uses sulpher, and the stuff advertised on the radio for colds, Oscillococcinum is from duck liver.