The "Contagion" Is Fear, Politics, Misinformation, And A Virus
The movie “Contagion” opened with great fanfare in the United States not because it is yet another “blockbuster” by a well-known director, but because of the questions it raises about the relationship...
View ArticleBooks You Should Read: "When Germs Travel" by Howard Markel
Anyone who knows me knows that one of the big things I detest about Public Health as it is set up today is the interference of people who don’t know better into the things that we – the peons working...
View ArticleTo understand autism, you need to understand incidence and prevalence
In 2012, the CDC put out a prevalence study of autism in the United States. It changed the prevalence number from “1 in 110″ to “1 in 88″. There were many who were alarmed at this statistic. They...
View ArticleIt’s a small world after all!
When Andrew Jeremy Wakefield told us that it was his gut feeling that the MMR vaccine caused autism, I doubt that he had any idea of what he was about to unleash on the world. I really don’t think that...
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