[I have not blogged in several weeks. It's a long story, involving marriage, a honeymoon, and a move. I think you'll all understand--and more on that later! But for now...]
…in my absence, there was tons of hoopla over this Los Angeles Times interview that I did, which mentioned why so many people are skeptical of vaccines, and singled out one online hub for them in particular–the Age of Autism website. For the whole saga, see Orac, here.
Anyways, I imagine Age of Autism pounced on this because I mentioned the site by name in an interview printed in the Los Angeles Times. So, what will they think if….the Los Angeles Times interview is reprinted in the Chicago Tribune? Because it just was. And there may be more.
For arguments on the substance of this issue, I refer everyone once again to Orac’s great post, and also to my Discover feature story on vaccination from back in May.
Meanwhile, I hope to resume regular posting shortly, though first I must get settled here at MIT….
September 4th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Congratulations on your marriage, Chris! And, here’s hoping you dramatically beef up your own scientific education before you start reproducing and making vaccination decisions for your own children! Wish I had!!!!
September 4th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Welcome back!
[OT] This is the sort of thing I feared would happen when people started calling carbon dioxide a “pollutant”:
http://www.nickminchin.com.au/news/default.asp?action=article&ID=101
The speech is riddled with factual errors, but the bottom line is that thanks to some zealots who thought it would be a good idea to call carbon dioxide a pollutant, there is yet another battle to wage. Saying “oh, but technically it is” and quoting legislative definitions doesn’t help at all.
September 4th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
I like to think of oxygen as a big pollutant too. It makes stuff burn up, and it rusts the hell out of everything made out of metal that I own.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Congratulations! There is a review of UA in the British Medical Journal:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmj.b3658?ijkey=ZUQzmy5vWqyzmz1&keytype=ref
September 10th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
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