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Category: Skepticism/critical thinking
JREF and vaccines. A most excellent combination.
Posted by Orac at 3:00 PM • 98 Comments •
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"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, pseudoscience, history, and pseudohistory (and anything else that interests him)
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Orac is the nom de blog of a (not so) humble pseudonymous surgeon/scientist with an ego just big enough to delude himself that someone, somewhere might actually give a rodent's posterior about his miscellaneous verbal meanderings, but just barely small enough to admit to himself that few will. (Continued here, along with a DISCLAIMER that you should read before reading any medical discussions here.)
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More anti-vaccine nonsense from an old friend on (where else?) The Huffington Post
Category: Medicine
Dr. Jay is back. His arguments that vaccines are dangerous don't hold any more water now than they ever have.
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 367 Comments •
Patient empowerment: Who should call the shots?
Category: Entertainment/culture
How far should patient empowerment go when it conflicts with science-based medicine?
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 56 Comments •
Orac gets comments: Dr. Jay tries the "pharma shill" gambit on him yet again
Category: Blogging
Dr. Jay pulls the "pharma shill" gambit on Orac again. Orac is not amused.
Posted by Orac at 10:01 AM • 176 Comments •
From a crypt in Berlin, it returns to decimate the anti-vaccine movement
Category: Hitler Zombie
He's baaaack, and he's at the Age of Autism, because, you know, vaccines = the Holocaust.
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 94 Comments •
Paying the price of vaccine refusal
Category: Medicine
When herd immunity erodes in Minnesota...
Posted by Orac at 8:22 AM • 176 Comments •
After all this time, Dr. Bob Sears finally tips his hand on vaccines
Category: Medicine
Dr. Sears finally drops the mask and embraces his inner antivaccinationist.
Posted by Orac at 8:30 AM • 139 Comments •
Combatting the Oprah Effect
Category: Entertainment/culture
The Oprah Effect versus science, medicine, and critical thinking. Science doesn't stand a chance.
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 80 Comments •
The anti-vaccine movement: Is it too late for scientists to bridge the gap between evidence and fear?
Category: Medicine
Is there a strategy for scientists to displace Jenny McCarthy as the chief provider of vaccine information?
Posted by Orac at 4:00 AM • 191 Comments •
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