Another Sunday Express Article On Vaccination
This article (frozen here and available as a PDF here, for those who would prefer not to reward the Express by clicking the link to their website) has been written by Lucy Johnston and concerns an ingredient in the flu vaccine. Read the rest of this entry »
Metro: Twitter To Blame For Vaccine Fears
The Metro has published an article quoting Prof John Oxford as saying that Twitter is partly to blame for the low uptake of vaccines. Read the rest of this entry »
Daily Mail Warn Of Flu Crisis
As I write, the Daily Mail’s online Health section has no fewer than three links to recent articles on flu, swine flu, and vaccination. I thought it might be interesting to compare them to previous articles on the same subject. Read the rest of this entry »
Mail Article On Flu Vaccination
The Mail have published an article on the seasonal flu vaccine containing the H1N1 (swine flu) strain. The article eventually (right at the very end of the piece) gets round to telling us (via people who actually know what they’re talking about) that: “the consequences of flu are a greater risk than any risk posed by the vaccine itself” and “every year people die in this country from complications caused by getting flu; these are deaths that could be prevented“.
Vaccines: Shiv Chopra And Joseph Mercola
Swine flu exists. Flu vaccines are protective against influenza. The benefits of vaccination against seasonal flu and swine flu probably outweigh the risks of vaccination. Every year many people suffer and die from seasonal influenza, particularly the elderly, children younger than age 2 and people with other medical conditions or weakened immune systems. These are just some of the things you might like to bear in mind as you read the following. Read the rest of this entry »
Swine Flu, Squalene, and Gulf War Syndrome
I typed these terms into Google and picked three links from the first ten results. I found this video, this blog post, and this Daily Express article. Read the rest of this entry »
Dr Crippen On Swine Flu Vaccination
Dr Crippen of http://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/ has written a piece for the Guardian on swine flu vaccination. I was unimpressed. Given that (a) I argued not so long ago that we should criticise those we like and/or respect as well as those we do not, and (b) I have generally agreed with the thrust of previous posts that Dr Crippen has written (for example, on MMR vaccines or Dr John Briffa’s views), I thought that now would be a good time to practice what I preach. Read the rest of this entry »
Daily Mail on Vaccination: MMR, HPV, Swine Flu
The Daily Mail were involved in scaremongering about the MMR vaccine, but later characterised parents who failed to vaccinate their children as morons and blamed Andrew Wakefield for starting the scare. At one point, the paper was publishing articles in England bashing the HPV vaccine while at the same time running a campaign in Ireland for the vaccine to be made available. They have also written articles scaremongering about hepatitis B vaccination and the vaccine for H1N1 (swine flu).
Tamiflu Adverse Events Double In A Week
The Dail Mail has helpfully informed us that reports of adverse events in those taking the anti-viral Tamiflu doubled in just one week. Shocking. Truly shocking. Read the rest of this entry »
Stuff And Nonsense 