What is “herd immunity,” and are vaccines a good way to achieve it? You’ve probably heard the term before, and (aside from the indignity of being compared to cattle) it seems to make good sense. The idea is that when everyone is vaccinated against a contagious...
Did you know that the Mayo Clinic has come out with a scripted method to convince parents to vaccinate their children? The method is designed to shut down arguments about the safety of vaccines and manipulate parents into complying immediately in the office....
Pregnancy is an amazing thing—it’s truly a complex miracle, and although we are learning more about fetal development every day the truth is that there’s much more that medicine has to discover. As a result, medical advice for pregnant women has shifted dramatically...
The Friday, May 31st edition of The Wall Street Journal published an article on the front page, above the fold: “Vaccine Battle Bedevils Facebook.” The article blasts Facebook for, ironically, not following up fast enough on their decision to censor information about...
Recently, news broke that 25 military personnel aboard the USS Fort McHenry have been diagnosed with a “mumps-like illness.” As a precaution, the ship and its entire complement of 703 US Marines are stuck in a 2-month purgatory of perpetual sailing–unable to...
It’s becoming an all-too-familiar scene: A powerful man, surrendering to the authorities with a hangdog look of guilt on his face. A woman bravely speaking up, recounting the humiliating details of the man’s indiscretion, abuse of power, and disregard for her...
