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 …

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Coronavirus and nothing else…

I get it the Coronavirus invading China is important and significant news, it is. China is freaking vast and populated to the nth degree. It is, however, not the only thing going on in the medical world, and I, for one, am sick the fucking tired of reading about it. So, I am not reading …

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What we really need instead of a wall…

  Just about anything. I want a pony, a flying car, a boat, and a retirement in central America. Oops, sorry I meant in terms of pandemic preparedness and disease surveillance and response. My first piece kicked the dead horse (again) of the need for vaccines. Yes, kid's prevention does hinge on a population with …

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