Posted on April 24, 2009 by archaeologyknits
The Huffington Post, a liberal blog/online newspaper, has up until recently been relatively ok. However, as mentioned over at Bad Astronomy, it has been a haven for Antivaxxer nut jobs. They have given room to Jim Carrey, the funny guy who’s movies suck unless he is trying not to be funny, RFK Jr, who is [...]
Filed under: Pseudo-Science | Tagged: antivaxxers, Autism, huffington post, keith olberman, vaccinations | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 23, 2008 by archaeologyknits
Well, not really, but the news today concerning the presidential candidates and vaccine denialism goes a long way toward that conclusion.
McCain jumped on the band wagon a while back, and we really can’t be surprised considering he had already come out against evolution and loves popular issues like a hyena loves corpses.
However both Democratic candidates [...]
Filed under: Politics, Pseudo-Science | Tagged: Autism, Clinton, McCaine, Obama, Vaccines | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 20, 2008 by archaeologyknits
First, let me say that I am not a cultural anthropologist or ethnographers, I have taken some classes in cultural anthropology in the past, but I am an archaeologist at present.
This semester, I am assigned to a class on medical anthropology, and in some respects it could be an interesting and productive experience. I [...]
Filed under: Pseudo-Science, School | Tagged: Abstinence Only, AIDS, Autism, Biomedicine, Blood Transfusions, Chelation, Cult Medicine, Ethnomedicine, HPV Vaccine, Prayer, Vaccines | 9 Comments »