Update: Phil Plait on Jenny McCarthy's Body of Work
. And at Bad Astronomy:
I see. So injecting kids with scientifically-proven medicine that can save their lives and the lives of countless others is bad because of a fantasy-driven belief that it causes autism, but injecting a lethal pathogen — in fact, the most lethal protein known — into your face to help ease the globally threatening scourge of crow’s feet is just fine and dandy.
First up, Jenny McCarthy's Body Count, a new site:
Jenny McCarthy has a body count attached to her name. This website will publish the total number of vaccine preventable illnesses and vaccine preventable deaths that have happened since June 2007 when she began publicly speaking out against vaccines.
Is Jenny McCarthy directly responsible for every vaccine preventable illness and every vaccine preventable death listed here? No. However, as the unofficial spokesperson for the United States anti-vaccination movement she may be indirectly responsible for at least some of these illnesses and deaths and even one vaccine preventable illness or vaccine preventable death is too many.
Second, Vaccine Denial = Scientific Illiteracy by Jacob Dickerman at the Huffington Post
The science is in. Children are exposed to more new pathogens on a daily basis than the entirety of what they're given in their vaccination schedule, you get more formaldehyde into your body from the paint on your walls, and even if it was still in the childhood vaccination schedule (which it's not), the amount of mercury in thimerosal is orders of magnitude below what it would take to actually damage your brain. Vaccines do not cause autism. Measles, Mumps, and Rubella are not diseases we should let come back. Allowing these "green our vaccines" Evidence of Harm "Mercury Militia" people to have their pre-scientific crap pollute our public discourse is retarding our nation's health, and we can't stand for it anymore.
Third, StopJenny.com:
Why Stop Jenny McCarthy?
She talks trash about autism
She talks trash about immunizations
She talks about trash treatments
Stop the trash talk Jenny McCarthy!
Fourth, Keep Tabs on the Consequences of Jenny McCarthy’s Ignorance
Fifth, Antivaxxers and their trouble with truth
Some antiscience is a pain in the neck, and some kills. Think, people.
Think.
Great post. Going to stopjenny.com now!
Posted by: tallulah | Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 10:32 AM