Category Archives: Vaccines

Vaccines (once again) Found Safe. Not That Anti-Vaxxers Care…

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 1

The Institute of Medicine has released a comprehensive report on the safety of vaccines. They looked at a wide range of vaccine types and various adverse affects known [..]

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Measles Outbreak Hospitalizes Four Children

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 1

Yes, and it could have been prevented. The outbreak happened in the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis. Since measles immunization is highly effective at preventing measles, how is [..]

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Big Skeptical Wins: Andrew Wakefield "Fraud" and Power Balance Bull

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

The blogosphere is teeming with articles regarding a couple of recent wins for skepticism. I’ll save the best for last. The first such win is the admission by [..]

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Got My Flu Shot!

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 0

Yup, in a couple weeks I will be immune to 3 forms of the flu virus, including H1N1. Jealous? My work set up an in-house vaccination clinic today. [..]

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Canada's National Immunization Poster Contest Winners!

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 0

The 9th Canadian Immunization Conference is being held right now in Quebec City. The goals of this conference include reviewing new vaccinology science, developing immunization strategies for the [..]

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Score One For the Good Guys!

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 1

Every so often, a victory comes along that reminds me why we do this. Blogging about science and skepticism can be tough. You wonder “are we really making [..]

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CNN Gets It Right With Article on Vaccines and Autism

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 0

The state of science reporting and science journalism is pretty dismal. And in the past few years, there have been few better examples of this than the reporting [..]

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Penn & Teller’s ‘Bulls#$%’ Take on the Anti-Vaxxers!

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 0

If you are lucky enough to have Showtime, check out Penn & Teller’s ‘Bullshit’ tonight at 10 pm ET. Here is the episode description: In the Season 8 [..]

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You Can Save a Child’s Life Just by Reading This!

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 3

I’m mad. I mean I’m really really REALLY mad! The anti-vaccine movement has been gaining strength in recent years. This will result in the deaths of young children [..]

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Vaccines and Autism: Lies and Fear Mongering

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 1

Fear sells. It doesn’t matter how bad the horror movie is: Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Saw XII (or whatever one they are on now), all [..]