Vaccines didn’t suddenly become controversial—people just stopped remembering what disease actually looks like. A blunt look at misinformation, military readiness, and why the flu shot still matters.
Tag: CDC
Straightforward: My Dog and My Mom Hate Quacks
The adults left the room, and quacks filled the seats. Public health isn’t being guided by science anymore—it’s being steered by loyalty, entitlement, and conspiracy theories
The Real Epidemic: Bullshit in a Lab Coat
Fuck you, Andrew Wakefield. And Jenny McCarthy too, while we're at it. I’ve blogged about this before, but every so often, this particular rage bubble boils back to the surface like a poorly treated infection. And I get it—truly, I do. Finding out your child is autistic is life-altering. It brings …
We don’t have a plan, do we?
I say this with some confidence and am left to wonder what happened to the CDC has a whole. I have involvement with past responses (Swine flu and Avian flu run-up), and the planning is exquisite. In the case of avian flu, this occurred long before the expected outbreak would occur. When the avian …