I call it as I see it–a denier is not a skeptic
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Editor’s note: This article was originally published in December 2014. It has been revised and updated to include more comprehensive...
View ArticlePolio vaccine causes cancer – just a myth
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. This article is #9 of the 12 most popular posts on Skeptical Raptor during 2015. Stay tuned, I’ll be reposting the rest of them...
View ArticleImmune system myths – can we really boost it?
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Immune system myths are one of the common claims of the junk medicine medicine crowd, especially the anti-vaccine activists. The...
View ArticleInfluenza vaccination – epic rant about anti-vaccine Dumb Asses
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. We’re nearing the commencement of the 2016-2017 flu season in the Northern Hemisphere. And every flu season, for the past 5 years, I...
View ArticlePolio-like illness emerging in California – not vaccine related
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Polio is a crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, a human enterovirus, that spreads from...
View ArticleThe Trump Wakefield anti-vaccine bromance – yes, it’s a thing
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Two of the most disreputable public personas today are Andrew Wakefield, fraudulent anti-vaccine “scientist” and liar, and Donald J...
View ArticleProperly evaluating vaccine mortality – let’s not abuse VAERS
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. The public’s concern about adverse events, especially death, immediately or soon after vaccinations is very disruptive to vaccine...
View ArticleFlorida vaccine laws – court says church school can ban unvaccinated kids
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. On 27 June 2017, in a Florida vaccine laws case, a Florida Court of Appeals – The District Court of Appeal of the First District –...
View ArticleVaccines saved lives – scientific evidence
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. There are many canards propagated by the vaccine deniers to support their personal beliefs (really, denialism) about the safety and...
View ArticleScientific skepticism – the anti-vaccine zealots regularly misuse the term
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle.I use nom de plume of Skeptical Raptor because I like avian dinosaurs (birds) and because I adhere to scientific skepticism....
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