Am I actually the one scooping this? WHOI anchor Jen Christensen now has her own blog … News Anchor Mom.
She’s probably really regretting it now. She has a post about the unfounded and extremely dangerous MYTH that autism is linked to vaccination. I, of course, went on a rant.
11 responses so far ↓
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Jen Christensen
// Jan 6, 2008 at 7:39 pm
I am thrilled that you commented on such a controversial and important topic. It’s people like you I hope continue to add their opinions. I am planning on posting on topics that really matter to parents.
Thanks!
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Knight in Dragonland
// Jan 6, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Anytime you want me to blather on and on ad nauseum about vaccination, just ask.
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Billy Dennis
// Jan 7, 2008 at 2:59 am
THAT is JUST what I was thinking.
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vaspers aka steven e. streight
// Jan 9, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Well, I for one am contrarian here, I guess, because I don’t share you guys’s faith in the medical establishment and in the big pharmaceutical companies.
It seems we want to take a shot or swallow a pill and everything will be fine.
Vaccines are designed to prevent terrible illnesses, but what’s in those vaccines, and are there better, safer solutions? Who is pushing these vaccines? Who is trying to force them on us? Why?
Look closely at the big pharma companies and their agenda, and don’t forget: the products they’ve had to remove from the shelves.
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vaspers aka steven e. streight
// Jan 9, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Autism, Alzheimers, strokes, AIDS, so many new diseases. Could they possibly be related to new toxins in our water, air, food? Or to radiation from cell phones and nuclear tests?
Or are they all some “virus”, “demon”, “bad bacteria” or other nebulous woe that requires our trustworthy and esteemed drug manufacturers to combat for us?
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Knight in Dragonland
// Jan 10, 2008 at 4:33 pm
I’m really tired of being accused of being a corrupt tool of “the Man” based on nothing more than fear-mongering and paranoia. “What’s in those vaccines” has been proven safe in studies of thousands of children and in post-marketing surveillance of millions of doses given, Vasper. Please refrain from making insinuations of corruption and toxin-driven plagues without a single shred of evidence.
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Me
// Jan 18, 2008 at 3:14 pm
“Autism, Alzheimers, strokes, AIDS, so many new diseases”
Autism, alzheimers, and strokes are NEW diseases? really?
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Knight in Dragonland
// Jan 19, 2008 at 6:30 am
No, not really. They’ve been around for centuries … probably millenia. They just weren’t recognized as a major threat and weren’t talked about much before the last century because most people died from infectious diseases. Before the 20th century, families had a dozen kids because up to half of them died before age 5, killed by diseases that are now prevented by vaccination.
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NewsAnchorMom
// Jan 19, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Knight in Dragonland,
I hope the controversy on my site last weekend isn’t keeping you away. There are plenty of healthy parenting topics where parent’s would benefit from your advice, ones that aren’t so controversial.
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Knight in Dragonland
// Jan 21, 2008 at 7:09 am
No Jen … my life outside the blogosphere is keeping me away. I don’t mind controversy.
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NewsAnchorMom
// Jan 21, 2008 at 11:24 am
Are there lots of sick kids in your practice? Anything newsworthy?
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