So it's been a while

[draggonlaady]

since I read Bad Science. I'm catching up on back issues. Which means lots of links for you lovely folks.

Once more into the breach on Autism vs vaccination... a specious correlation so wide-spread into 'common knowledge' that clients have declined vaccinations for puppies despite my best efforts to educate that them that 1: vaccines don't cause autism, 2: dogs don't get autism anyway, even if vaccines did cause it in humans (which they don't-see 1), 3: dogs get Parvo regularly, 4: even if autism DID happen in dogs, and even if it WERE caused by vaccination, it's not fatal, and 5: Parvo kills dogs in a disgusting and decidedly uncomfortable manner (and we'll just not even get started on distemper...)

http://www.badscience.net/2008/12/its-not-my-fault-i-fall-into-repetitive-self-parody-you-started-it/

Comments

[evil-egg.livejournal.com]

Yeah. God forbid anyone should ever feel at ease about the world, 'cause otherwise the newspaper magnates wouldn't be millionaires! Shock and horror!

Almost makes inventing the printing engine seem not worth it.

[draggonlaady.livejournal.com]

Yah. Media has its good points. Stoking up unreasonable fear is not one of them, but it certainly seems to be something that the various outlets are good at.