Measles is Not Ebola and There Are No Such Things as Zombies
My, how time has changed society’s perception of measles. When you read today’s headlines about the number of reported cases of measles in New York, Oregon, Washington and other states in the United States, you would think we’re talking about Ebola. It seems like every newspaper, magazine and television news program is reporting on measles […]
White, College-Educated, ‘Whole Foods Moms’ Deemed the Enemy
Opinion | If you are someone who has questions about the safety of vaccines or the wisdom of giving so many vaccines at one time and over the course of a lifetime, or if you question the ethics of forced vaccination laws that deny the right to informed consent to vaccine risk taking, or if […]
Healer or Dealer: Who to Blame for the Opioid Crisis in the U.S.?
The opioid crisis in the U.S. has reached the point where the Drug Enforcement Administration itself says it should be doing a better job. The United States continues to be affected by a national opioid epidemic which has been spurred, in part, by the rise of opioid prescribing and misuse. The DEA can and must […]
No, You Don’t Have a “Right” to Demand That Others are Vaccinated
It’s hard to think of a more fundamental right than the right to determine what happens to one’s own body. Forcing someone to undergo medical treatment against their will violates this most basic of rights—the right to be free from physical assault. Yet even some libertarians1 have jumped on the mandatory vaccination bandwagon, arguing that one person […]
Armed SWAT Team in Arizona Breaks Down Door of Family with Unvaccinated Child
Just after 1 a.m. the morning of Feb. 25, 2019, a SWAT team with guns drawn broke down the door of a suburban home in Chandler, Arizona where parents were caring for an unvaccinated child with a fever. The armed policemen had a “temporary custody notice” from a judge to remove a two-year-old from the […]
NY Judge Halts Action by Rockland County Exec Banning Unvaccinated Kids from Public Spaces
In response to more than 150 cases of measles identified in Rockland County since October 2018, on Mar. 26, 2019 Rockland County Executive Ed Day declared a 30-day public health emergency and banned healthy unvaccinated children under age 18 from entering schools and other public spaces.1 A retired NYPD policeman,2 Day warned that if unvaccinated […]