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Injecting Some Sense with Ginger

This month on Injecting Sense: The Radio Edition, we'll be talking with Ginger Taylor about vaccine safety, vaccine rights, the Center for Personal Rights, and the new book, Vaccine Epidemic. Join us this Friday, January 28th, at 1:00 p.m.

Terms and Conditions Dialing back the rhetoric in the Vaccine Autism War

My my how much has happened in the short few weeks of the new year. The Words, bullets, sticks and stones have all been thrown. I must say my heart and prayers go to the victims of the Arizona shooting. That being said a tweet has brought a lot of comments and attention:

TannersDad A bullet through the brain and the country is paralyzed. Mysterious shot through a needle and my son stops talking and nobody cares #Autism
about 19 hours ago via Twitter for iPad

New source for safer red food colorings

Many of our kids on special diets should avoid synthetic red food colorings which can make them excitable as well as being unhealthy. These researchers are learning how to extract the natural red pigments from peppers in a safer way in order to make an alternative food coloring.

'Green' Chemistry Extraction Method Developed for Hot Capsicum Fruit

Consequences

In the debates about vaccine rights, just as in the parallel debates about autism, one does not need to search too far to find hypocrisy. But then hypocrisy comes easily to those who want to oversimplify the issues.

Of Arrogance and Apathy

A portion of every one of my days, (except Sundays), is always spent digging ever deeper into the rabbit hole of ignorance, avarice, and arrogance, that is strangling the life out of this once great nation. It seems to me that these evils are boundless, and ever on the increase, as all the tyrants in any kind of position of authority abuse their power by seeking to control everything to their advantage. Believe me when I tell you that I am largely a starry eyed dreamer, so this kind of "cynicism" does not come easy to me.

Dr. Wakefield answers the allegations

Read Dr. Wakefield's statement regarding the BMJ allegations http://tinyurl.com/6k3xq8y. "No Fraud. No Hoax. No Profit Motive."

AutismOne stands firmly behind Dr. Andrew Wakefield. We will not be bullied, we are not afraid.

The British Medical Journal's repeated manipulations of the truth will not stand in America. The UK drove one of the world's finest gastroenterologists to the U.S. where Dr. Wakefield’s work will continue.

By its actions the BMJ has enraged and energized the autism community. You will hear back from all of us shortly.

Letting Go of Judgments and Creating the Best Version of You....

Judgments, Rumors, Jealousy, Ego, Gossip, Snickering, Office Politics, School Politics, and more….

Why this is the year to let it all go and start focusing on your life and your dreams.

So 2010 was not the easiest year for me in a lot of ways. I lost my grandmother, had more bills than I could count, had disappointments in my profession, had disappointments in my family life and to top it all off I gained 10lbs.

Statement From Dr. Andrew Wakefield: No Fraud. No Hoax. No Profit Motive.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/statement-from-dr-andrew-wakefie...
no-fraud-no-hoax-no-profit-motive-113454389.html

Statement From Dr. Andrew Wakefield: No Fraud. No Hoax. No Profit Motive.

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Andrew Wakefield issued the
following statement today on the recent British Medical Journal articles:

"The British Medical Journal and reporter Brian Deer recently alleged that
my 1998 research paper was 'a hoax' and 'an elaborate fraud' and that my
motivation was profit.

‘Independent Living’ Living a life of One’s Own

It is exciting to read about a new federal initiative that will help individuals move from institutions to the independent living. This program will involve the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and Human Service, with Health care and support services coordinated through Medicaid’s “Money Follows the Person.” To read more about this initiative at http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2011/01/07/independent-living-boost/11861/

Standing

On Wednesday, after the news outlets all broke the sensational headlines that “the” study linking vaccines to the autism epidemic had been reported to be a fraud, Mark Blaxill wrote the following: