The H1N1 pandemic seems to have had a dual effect on the antivaccination movement. On one hand, they've stepped up their efforts to link to vaccination any illness anywhere that occurs within the remote temporal vicinity of a person getting a shot, and they've focused specifically on the H1N1 vaccine and (perhaps to a lesser extent) on the seasonal flu vaccine. On the other hand, the ...

... deride vaccines as poison, doing otherwise means it's torch-and-pitchfork time. Even as antivax mothers claim the right to parent as they choose (and it's certainly their right), women who ... that such an experiment in sex attitudes would yield a very different response from the howling hooligans of the antivax crowd. I envision a "there, there, you're a dad, let me explain this to ...

... barely half of Canadians were even somewhat likely to get the shot. At the same time, I'm a bit encouraged by the reporting in that article. I does not give any credible space to antivax lunatics. It does look to the 'other side' of the question of the H1N1 vaccines (or flu vaccines in general), by considering the opinions given by a team of university-based researchers—not Bill ...

I am getting sick of hearing this anti-vax bullshit. Now there's a new scare about the Swine Flu vaccination causing Autism. Also they are complaining that it was produced too fast so it was 'rushed to market' Oh, come on. Look, it may be a new strain, but it's still Influenza. They've been creating vaccines for many different strains of the flu for many years. The process is ...

... and read good stuff! 2) Speaking of good stuff, my Hive Overmind colleague Sean Carroll at Cosmic Variance is taking antivaxxers to task, and got a visit by none other than JB Handley, head of the mouthfoaming antivax group Age of Autism. Handley left some spin in the comments, and I’ve taken him to task there, asking him some simple questions about studies which show that everything he ...

Wired profiles pediatrician Paul Offit, co-creator of the RotaTeq rotavirus vaccine and a primary target of the anti-vaccination movement. Dr. Offit published a book,“Autism’s False Prophets” in 2008 but didn't tour, because he had received too many death threats. The profile by Amy Wallace*, is part of a collection of articles on vaccinations, including "The Misinformants: ...