June 12 update: see list, below, for Orac's "Rumors and Urban Myths in the Antivaccinationist Movement"
June 4, 2008 there was a rally in Washington DC, lead by celebrities Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy. TACA claims the following to be the message of the march.
- We are not anti-vaccine, we are anti-toxins. Green our Vaccines!!
- Change the schedule, babies are getting too much too soon.
- We support informed consent for all families
- To give the moms and dads around the world a day to be heard. This is their day. This will be their moment.
This previous post outlines rebuttals to the "toxins" claim and the "too much, too soon" claims. At the end of the post, I began keeping track of critical responses to the speeches and posters at the rally. I've moved the list here:
- Kristina Chew: What Benefit is there in "Changing the Schedule"?
- Orac: Jim and Jenny's speeches were propaganda-heavy but science-free
- Orac: "Safer Vaccines" or Vaccine Rejectionism In A Green T-Shirt?
- Clotted Cognition: You People Make Me Sick!
- Stop. Think. Autism: Preliminary Response to March: The Whole Green Mess
- Neurologica: Drinking the Anti-Vaccine Koolaide
- Stifled Mind: The Amount of Stupid is Painful in "Green our Vaccines"
- Stop. Think. Autism: Carrey and McCarthy Don't Speak for Me
- Kev Leitch: March of Hundreds, not Thousands;
- Kev Leitch: Green Our Vaccine March--The Reality
- Arthur Allen's Report on the March: Yep, Anti-Vaccinationist
- One Dad's Opinion: Parents Exploiting Children With Autism for Propaganda
- Kristina Chew: 1,500 and the Divide in Thought
- Orac: More Data on "Pro-Safe Vaccine" or "Anti-Vaccination Propaganda"?
- Mike Stanton: Reflecting on the Low Turnout at the GOV March
- Orac: The Fallacy of The Perfect Solution ("Greening" Vaccines An Impossible Goal--Plus Orac's Index to His Posts on the GOV campaign)
- David Gorski, MD: Science-Based Medicine: The Rhetoric Proves the GOV Campaign Is Indeed Anti-Vaccine
- Sullivan at LeftBrain/RightBrain: Questions for Jenny McCarthy
- Stop. Think. Autism: Review of Jenny McCarthy Interview
- Autism News Beat: Get the Junk Out
- Lee Wise Online: Why The Anti-Vaccinationists March
- Orac: Rumors and Urban Myths in the Antivaccinationist Movement
- Reality dysfunction: Why Famous People Should Be Ignored
- Cetic: Give Those Vaccinationists A Dose of their Own Medicine!

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