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Vaccine Hoaxes and Urban Legends

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Dr. Ben Goldacre (Badscience.net) discussed how anti-vaccine hoaxes persist in an NPR interview recently. These pseudo-science sensational articles are dangerous because they discourage people from protecting themselves and their loved ones from lethal illnesses. To understand how these rumors start and why they persist view the article. And don't hesitate to get your flu shots, both seasonal and H1N1.

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Who ya gonna believe? by Richmond Shreve on Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 at 4:15:47 PM
you first by Dick Thomson on Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 at 6:26:51 PM
I definitely will. by Steven Leser on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:25:21 PM
Sounds like "conventional wisdom" to me. by Jill Herendeen on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:41:37 PM
I am no day a the beach.... by mikel paul on Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 at 5:59:16 PM
Are You a Eugenicist or Just Irresponsible?! by boomerang on Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 at 8:45:42 PM
For Further Information ... by Richmond Shreve on Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:24:09 PM
Maybe this is why so many people do not trust the CDC by Michael Lee on Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:06:28 PM
Can you trust Baxter?!!!! by Michael Lee on Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:25:55 PM
Here are the whistleblowers by Dick Thomson on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:53:17 AM
Mr. Shreve by Ms Nan on Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:40:15 AM
Don't overgeneralize. Nasty topic by Don Smith on Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:48:55 PM
It's like the Darwin Awards! by J. Edward Tremlett on Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:48:06 PM
Why I believe in Vaccinations by Ginger Hastings Chapman on Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 at 11:17:10 PM
Autism rates by Michael Lee on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:33:15 AM
Bad Information by Richmond Shreve on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:21:28 AM
Please explain by Michael Lee on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:04:25 AM
Ginger, glad to see you chiming in by Margaret Bassett on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:28:33 AM
Astounding by John R Moffett on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:24:13 AM
Indeed! by J. Edward Tremlett on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:47:11 AM
Probably people who are able to read and think. by Jill Herendeen on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:51:54 PM
Why all the cancer and immune diseases? by Dick Thomson on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:57:00 AM
What journal did you read this in? by John R Moffett on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:45:24 AM
The journal of common sense by Dick Thomson on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:54:20 PM
You failed to note the graph shows a massive decrease.. by John R Moffett on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:18:14 PM
That was the point by Dick Thomson on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:59:32 PM
You keep linking to web sites rather than... by John R Moffett on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:13:45 PM
Off topic by Dick Thomson on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:31:08 PM
Robert Kennedy - is he credible enough? by Michael Lee on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:24:43 PM
And he isnt a doctor or a scientist, nor does he play one on by Steven Leser on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:28:37 PM
Very, very poor rebuttle Steven. by Michael Lee on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:33:32 PM
Bayer and HIV tainted Vaccine - sound familiar!!! by Michael Lee on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:06:19 PM
Correct URL for the video by Michael Lee on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:11:30 PM
HUH??? by Ms Nan on Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:53:53 AM
What are the anti-vaccine folks here going to do when proven by Steven Leser on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:43:06 PM
wrong expectation by Dick Thomson on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:14:57 PM
How did I know you would find a way to weasel out of that? by Steven Leser on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 5:59:10 PM
So" by Dick Thomson on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:35:21 PM
The burden of YOUR ACCUSATION falls on you by Steven Leser on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:51:01 PM
You sound a little nervous by Dick Thomson on Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:29:38 AM
Never Had a Flu Shot by Bob Gormley on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:21:52 PM
Dropped from the front page! by Dick Thomson on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:56:54 PM
24 hours is all any article gets as a headline by Steven Leser on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:52:21 PM
The LAST (and first) time swine flu came around... by Jill Herendeen on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:03:24 PM
The one and only death.... by Michael Lee on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:29:28 PM
Dr Moffett is correct in saying that vaccines have lowered by Stanimal on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:37:36 PM