Posts Tagged ‘vaccines’

Bill Maher & Vaccine Phobia

When George Will writes one of his ridiculous columns on global warming, greens and liberal science bloggers practically fall over themselves in condemnation. But when a popular comedian advises against getting the swine flu vaccine–or any vaccine, for that matter–the silence is deafening. Holy junk science, where is the outrage against Bill Maher? This is…Continue Reading…

Confronting Anti-Science Views

Carl Zimmer calls outs Blogging Heads and, to a lesser extent, The Huffington Post, for trafficking in anti-science “quackery.” Zimmer is arguably the best ambassador for science journalism, and I admire the stand he has taken (in ending his participation in Blogging Heads). But the larger implications of his argument leaves me uneasy. He basically…Continue Reading…