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David Kirby’s latest Huffington Post post is entitled Amanda Peet vs. the Medical Establishment. Towards the end, he writes:
I am not a parent, and I am not anti-vaccine. But if I were going to listen to experts on this subject, I would be more likely to consult some of these people, rather than a well-meaning […]
Amanda Peet says a sorta sorry. While writing “”I believe in my heart that my use of the word ‘parasites’ was mean and divisive’” in a letter on the Cookie magazine website, she also says:
“[T]here is no association between autism and vaccines. How many more studies do we need to conduct on vaccines, before we […]
About autism, that is, this blog having the “a-word” in its title. Frequently discussion here veers off into this topic. The power of association being what it is, the more “the v-word” is mentioned, the more the belief/feeling/notion that there’s a link between said word and autism gets etched into the public’s mind. This association […]
About a year and a half ago, two reporters debated about thimerosal, vaccines and autism. This was back in January of 2007; the reporters were David Kirby and Arthur Allen.
In the past two months, two actresses—Amanda Peet and Jenny McCarthy have made statements to various media sources about vaccines and what they do and what […]
Amanda “soon to appear in PSA’s for Every Child by Two” Peet vs. Jenny “Green Our Vaccines” McCarthy?
If the subject is vaccines.
Conversations with Paul Offit, M.D., who is chief of infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a frequent target of the ire of pro-vaccine safety/anti-vaccine-ists, led actress Peet to be “’shocked at […]
Green Our Vaccines-ista Jenny McCarthy has spoken about her boyfriend, comedian and actor Jim Carrey, as the “autism whisperer.” Carrey was lauded for marching and speaking at the Green Our Vaccines rally and putting on a Green Our Vaccines t-shirt. Autism, as Carrey said, “made me a man“—-certainly enough, it seems, recently to suit […]
Tuesday morning Jim and I were interviewed for an autism documentary in the making. The director and his crew came to my office in Jersey City, which is in an old single-family house, with barely any space between it in and the neighboring houses (one of which contains my college’s mailroom). Jim and I were […]
Since it was Father’s Day this past Sunday, comedian Jim Carrey’s “autism made a man out of me” (versus a guy of this sort?) remark—reportedly uttered earlier this month at the Green Our Vaccines rally—seemed quite well-timed. Raising Charlie has certainly been a transforming and affirming experience for me, though somehow saying “autism made a […]
On Sunday I posted about whether or not Jenny Mccarthy’s son is recovered or not.
In a transcript of McCarthy’s June 6 interview about her “autism crusade,” it’s as hard as ever to get the facts straight about what her son Evan has: Perhaps it is indeed not clear to either McCarthy or the various medical […]
Some will remember last week for June 4th and “Green Our Vaccines” rally.
I remember it as Charlie’s last full week of elementary school.
Low Birth Weight and Preterm Birth: Autism Risk Factors?A new study in Pediatrics links low birth weight (less than 5.5 pounds) and preterm birth to an increased risk for autism in infants by […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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