A Nation Where Half of the Children Become Autistic?
On June 5, 2014, senior research scientist Stephanie Seneff, PhD of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory made the following statement at an event sponsored by the Groton Wellness organization in Groton, Massachusetts: At today’s rate, by 2025, 1 in 2 children will be autistic.1 Dr. Seneff repeated the […]
How Come the “Settled Science” People Keep Moving the Goalposts?
How often have you read or heard, “Vaccine science is settled”? The mantra is repeated so often by physicians, public health officials, the media and legislators that it’s hard to argue with it. But the reality is that science is never settled, because it’s a process, not an endpoint. It’s an evolutionary endeavor, and so […]
Talking Trash About Parents at the World Health Assembly 2019
More than 4,000 representatives from 194 member states gathered in Geneva, Switzerland during May 20-28, 2019 to discuss human-related health issues at the 72nd World Health Assembly, a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) top decision-making body.1 On the second day of the meeting, the U.S. and 14 other governments sponsored an event “Promoting […]
Was Measles Really Eliminated in the U.S. in 2000?
One of the favorite lines of attack against so-called “anti-vaxxers,” especially parents who decline to give their children one or more government recommended vaccines, is to always blame the unvaccinated for the resurgence of childhood infectious diseases such as measles. In the case of measles, the story goes something like this: We had eliminated measles […]
Mass Vaccination Does Not Guarantee Herd Immunity
On Apr. 17, 2019, I was interviewed by cardiologist Juan Rivera, MD on the “Dr. Juan” health segment of Univision’s Despierta América morning program. The interview, which was conducted in Spanish, focused on the current measles outbreak in the United States.1 2 Dr. Rivera wanted to understand the position of the National Vaccine Information Center […]
Roald Dahl Lost His Daughter and I Lost My Son
In response to recent reports of measles in the United States, author Roald Dahl’s 1988 letter encouraging parents to vaccinate their children with the measles vaccine is once again circulating on social media.1 The letter, written for the Sandwell Health Authority after the release of the controversial MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine in the United […]