It’s simple math – vaccines saved 700,000 children’s lives
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. In 1994, the Vaccines for Children program (VFC) was created by a Federal budget authorization in direct response to a measles...
View ArticleVaccines saved lives – scientific evidence
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. There are many canards propagated by the vaccine deniers to support their personal beliefs (really, denialism) about the safety and...
View ArticleVaccines and autism – conflicts of interest in research
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Conflicts of interest in research is one of the fundamental tropes of people who seek to diminish the value of biomedical research,...
View ArticleParental and children’s rights – vaccination mandates
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. This article is by Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law (San...
View ArticleVaccines and religious exemptions – recent legal decision
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. This article is by Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law (San...
View ArticleIndex of articles by guest author–Prof. Dorit Rubinstein Reiss
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law (San Francisco, CA), is a...
View ArticleSimple math behind scary flu vaccine ingredients
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. When dealing with those pushing pseudoscience, like the antivaccination cult, the most frustrating thing is that they tend to ignore...
View ArticleMiracle immune boosting flu protection – Big Pharma hates it
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. So what is this miracle immune boosting flu protection – is it being suppressed by the CDC, FDA, WHO and the Illuminati? And why...
View ArticleYour officially unofficial 2015 flu vaccine update
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. As I mentioned previously, I got the flu vaccine a few days ago. As of today, I do not have a fever, febrile seizures, Epstein-Barr,...
View ArticleHomeopathy, Honesty, and Consumer Protection
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Editor’s note: This article was originally published in January 2015. It has been revised to include information from a recent...
View ArticleShoulder injury related to vaccine administration and NVICP
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. This article was jointly written by myself and Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings...
View ArticleFreedom to ignore French vaccination program – a court case
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Samia and Marc Larère, parents to a three year old and fifteen months old, have decided not to vaccinate them. A criminal charge was...
View ArticleItalian MMR Autism Decision Overturned
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. This article is #7 of the 12 most popular posts on Skeptical Raptor during 2015. Stay tuned, I’ll be reposting the rest of them...
View ArticleReview of Trace Amounts – bad science and conspiracies
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Opponents of legislation to tighten school immunization requirements have been promoting a movie called Trace Amounts to legislators...
View ArticleDebunking myths about vaccine testing and safety
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. The goal of this article is to respond to a number of recurring myths raised by anti-vaccine activists regarding vaccine testing and...
View ArticleBob Sears’ personal attacks on Paul Offit – anti-vaccine evidence
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. On March 13, 2015 Dr. Bob Sears, a California antivaccine physician, wrote a post on Facebook attacking Dr. Paul Offit,...
View ArticleVaccines and religious exemptions – recent legal decision
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. This article is by Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law (San...
View ArticleParental and children’s rights – vaccination mandates
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. This article is by Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law (San...
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