Klinton Spilsbury wrote:Doctor X wrote:How would they?
I'll defer to Sparks for that mind bender.
--J.D.
Klinton Spilsbury wrote:Doctor X wrote:How would they?
I'll defer to Sparks for that mind bender.
Doctor X wrote:Pyrrho wrote:http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/03/11/another-child-dead-from-quackery-the-parents-say-theyre-being-persecuted-in-a-plot-to-impose-forced-vaccination/A couple of days ago, I wrote about a story of a sort that I’ve had to write about far too many times over the last eleven years. Blah . . . blah . . . blah . . . I'd much rather write about how Doctor X, Humble Yet MagNIfIcent, can compare the IMF to "The Steal!" blah . . . blah . . . bowl of porridge . . . The child’s name was Ezekiel Stephan, and his parents are David and Collet Stephan. The reason that child should have lived is because he suffered from a disease that medicine can treat, meningitis.
And now . . . the REST of the story:Parents convicted of killing child
A Canadian jury has convicted David and Collet Stephan of a criminal charge of "failing to provide the necessaries of life" to their 18-month son, Ezekiel, who died of bacterial meningitis while they treated him for 2½ weeks with hot peppers, garlic, onions, and horseradish and a product from a naturopath said to be aimed at boosting his immune system. [Alberta parents convicted in toddler's meningitis death. CBC News, April 26, 2016] The College of Naturopathic Doctors of Alberta has opened an investigation in response to a complaint signed by 43 physicians. [Naturopath in toddler's meningitis death trial to be investigated by industry body. CBC News, April 27, 2016]
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--J.D.
The Sacramento Bee wrote:Scores of students without vaccine proof sent home on first day of school
Scores of Sacramento area students were sent home from school this week after they showed up for kindergarten and seventh grade without proof of vaccination.
In the Folsom Cordova Unified School District, 145 students out of about 3,200 starting kindergarten and seventh grade were sent home Tuesday on the first day of school for lack of immunization records, according to spokesman Daniel Thigpen.
A new state law that took effect July 1 eliminated personal- and religious-belief exemptions for families that opted to avoid vaccinations for their children. Under the new law, students entering the two checkpoint years of kindergarten and seventh grade are now required to show proof of vaccination. The requirement also applies to students who transfer into a district.
A decade on, vaccine has halved cervical cancer rate
The world's first cancer vaccine was administered in Australia exactly 10 years ago.
Since then, the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine has been rolled out across 130 countries and halved the number of new cervical cancers.
The HPV vaccine also protects against cancers in the throat and mouth in both men and women.
Prof Ian Frazer said the vaccine could eradicate cancers caused by HPV within 40 years.
"It helps not only control cervical cancer but also the oropharyngeal cancer - the cancers inside the mouth that are caused by these viruses," Prof Frazer, chief executive of the Translational Research Institute, said.
"If we vaccinate enough people we will eliminate these viruses because they only infect humans.And in Australia there's already been a 90% reduction in infections in the 10 years the programme has been running."
["Snip!"--Ed.]
Some parents have reservations about their children being vaccinated on the grounds that it may encourage promiscuity. Others object to vaccinations over safety fears.
"In countries like the US where the vaccine isn't so widely taken up, that's a little bit disappointing because cervical cancer still kills several thousand women in the US," he said.
"Then, of course, we've got the problem of the 250,000 people that die from cervical cancer in the developing world."
Da Beeb
Abdul Alhazred wrote:He needs a new avatar, don't you think?
Gotta be Marvin the Martian of course, but a bit jazzier.
A Pennsylvania drug company has launched a clinical trial of a Zika vaccine in Puerto Rico, the part of the U.S. hardest hit by the mosquito-borne virus.
Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. says it will be testing its DNA-based vaccine candidate on 160 adult volunteers in Puerto Rico. CEO J. Joseph Kim said Monday that if the results are promising, the company would meet with regulators next year to discuss developing the vaccine.
Inovio conducted the first vaccine trial in June with volunteers in the U.S. and Canada. It expects results later this year. The National Institutes of Health is also studying a DNA-based vaccine rather than the traditional method using a dead or weakened virus. Other vaccine candidates are also in development.
Puerto Rico has reported more than 13,000 Zika cases.
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