Sharyl Attkisson and measles vaccine math – wrong in so many ways
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. One of the favorite tropes of the anti-vaccine religion is their odd reliance on the ridiculous anti-vaccine math, including some...
View ArticleUS measles epidemic hits highest level in 25 years – blame vaccine refusal
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that as of 24 April 2019 there have been 695 measles cases...
View ArticleCourt upholds policy denying religious exemptions to vaccines
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. In 2014, the Federal District Court of the Eastern District of New York rejected a claim brought by three plaintiff families against...
View ArticleNew York ends vaccine religious exemptions – protecting us from measles
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Sometimes, there’s excellent news with the fight to end vaccine-preventable diseases. On 13 June 2019, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (see...
View ArticleNew York vaccine exemptions law – judge rejects restraining order request
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. On July 12, 2019, Judge Mackey of the Albany County Supreme Court (see Note 1) rejected the temporary restraining order request of...
View ArticleNew York vaccine law does not violate IDEA – Update – no injunction
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.On June 13, 2019, a revised New York vaccine law, which removed the religious exemption to its school immunization mandate, was...
View ArticleAnti HPV vaccine memes – New York anti-vaxxers get everything wrong
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.The anti-HPV vaccine crowd is now furious about New York Senate bill S298A, which is now in the Health Committee of that body....
View ArticleLegal challenges to stricter school vaccine mandates rejected by NY court
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.On December 3, 2019, Judge Denise Hartman, from the New York Supreme Court in Albany (see Note 1), rejected a claim challenging the...
View ArticleSchool vaccine mandates do not illegally discriminate – Prof. Dorit Reiss
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.Anti-vaccine activists have repeatedly claimed that statutes abolishing non-medical exemptions from school vaccine mandates are...
View Article“Hear This Well” anti-vaccine group misrepresents Colorado legislation
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.This article, about the anti-vaccine group, Hear This Well, was written by Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Professor of Law at the University...
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