The Greater Good – fair and balanced documentary or deadly propaganda?

 Posted by on July 28, 2011  99 Responses »
Jul 282011
 
The Greater Good - fair and balanced documentary or deadly propaganda?

There’s a new documentary coming soon. It’s called The Greater Good, and it purports to take an objective, rational perspective on the issue of vaccine safety. According to the description provided below its trailer on YouTube, the film looks… …behind the fear, hype and politics that have polarized the vaccine debate in America today. The film re-frames the emotionally charged issue and offers, for the first time, the opportunity for a rational and scientific discussion on how to create a safer and more effective vaccine program. Although we cannot review the movie itself since we have only the trailer to ———->FULL ARTICLE

April is Autism Awareness Month

 Posted by on April 8, 2011  14 Responses »
Apr 082011
 

Given that April is Autism Awareness Month, it seemed appropriate to briefly discuss the early history of the autism-vaccine hypothesis. Though this alleged link is often stated as having begun with Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 Lancet paper, Trine Tsouderos, a science journalist at the Chicago Tribune, reminded the audience at a recent panel discussion on vaccines in New York City, it really began in 1982 with a television documentary by Lea Thompson called DPT: Vaccine Roulette. The film, which earned Thompson an Emmy Award, caused hysteria by suggesting the DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) vaccine was dangerous and propelled Thompson into the ———->FULL ARTICLE