I like Bill Maher, he’s a funny guy and a bit of a hero of mine. A great deal of his criticisms are well aimed and he makes his points with brilliant comedic wit. He’s way off about some topics though, not just because they’re ideologically different to my views, but also because he’s dead wrong. Don’t [...]

Why is Oprah Winfrey promoting vaccine skeptic Jenny McCarthy? – By Arthur Allen – Slate Magazine. (via Digg)
UPDATE: Amanda Peet is a celebrity that makes sense.
It seems celebrity wisdom is still overriding those shaky/shady/conspiratorial institutions that conduct evidence based medicine and scientific research. But what do they know? They don’t have a child with autism.
So [...]

James Randerson: Rash actions and dire consequences | Comment is free | The Guardian.
Another example of how the antivax crusade (plus media frenzy plus parents panicking in their ignorance) is causing harm to innocent babies. Autism from vaccinations is not proven or even causally linked in any way. In fact in more recent studies it is disproven.
Increased risk [...]

Antivax kills. | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine.
This kind of tragedy makes my head swim with anger.
To Meryl Dorey, Jenny McCarthy, and your fellow antivax mouthpieces:
Your ill informed anti vaccination crusade – one based upon no actual evidence or scientific study  – has killed or seriously and permanently damaged babies.
You should look hard at yourselves [...]