Comments on: Some jabs are deeper than others

By: CR

CR — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:37:02 +0000

Re: post 40. Seriously? You really think anyone’s advocating impalement (or any other actual violence) as an honest solution to the anti-vax movement? Maybe my sarcasm meter’s broken, but wow, just… wow.

In other news, science struck another small blow against disease today as I and my family just got our H1N1 vaccinations. Take THAT, disease! Went really well for me in particular… I honestly thought the nurse hadn’t even injected me, as I felt absolutely nothing. One of my kids panicked a little (as kids are wont to do concerning needles), and was so tense, she got a little sore. But otherwise, all went well, and we all have one less thing to worry about now.
Oh, and in a belated nod to one of the posts above, we didn’t vaccinate with fish! (LOL!)

By: mike burkhart

mike burkhart — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:19:45 +0000

Phill your geting a little sick hear did you just read about Vlad the implaer or something ? look I don’t like anti-vaxxers any more then you do but the answer is not to round them up and kill them after all this din’t work with the Christans in Rome or the early scientists did it? and I would worry about a law suit from Jenney Mcarthy claiming your threating her . Phill I think non-voilence is the way to win this argument .

By: Todd W.

Todd W. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:31:20 +0000

@Paul

That Atlantic article has been addressed over at Respectful Insolence by Orac. I think Science-Based Medicine may also have a couple posts on it.

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:17:53 +0000

37. Paul Says:

Ah well. At least the counterpunch site has money to raise. Perhaps they’ll have to shut down???

As far as youtube is concerned, they’re not responsible for trash.

Upon further examination of the spectrum disorders, I’ve decided, nearly every high IQ type person I know has one or more of the indicators for spectrum disorders. What the heck is the difference between being obsessed with Dungeons and Dragons or compulsively counting beans on the floor? Oh, right, it’s a question of degree, however, now we’ve isolated the degree of such “disorders” to feeling uneasy when stepping on a line. I guess we’re nearly ALL disordered. Gee, maybe it was those dang vaccinations I took that kept me from getting typhoid, tetanus, diphtheria and smallpox as a kid. Guess I shoulda just gone ahead and died,,,

Gary 7

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:22:03 +0000

I was going to ask Phil to comment on some idiocy I got emailed recently from a ‘health news’ newsletter. But here’s as good a place as any. These are links to the original sources (or as original as can be when one of them is a youtube video).

Does the Vaccine Matter?
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200911/brownlee-h1n1

Autism Spikes, Toxins Suspected
http://www.counterpunch.org/higgs11022009.html

Mercury Still Found in Vaccines -Its Damaging Effect on Your Body (NewsStory)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSKvDQ9OkNM

I’m so disgusted with the last one. It’s from a TV station near me.

By: Julia (Jules)

Julia (Jules) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:30:55 +0000

Sir Eccles, I will be laughing for days over that comment. Thank you!

By: Buzz Parsec

Buzz Parsec — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:31:11 +0000

Thanks, Shane. (and everyone.)