The Vaccine Debate

An episode of the Living Yoga with Darren Main podcast, hosted by Darren Main, titled "The Vaccine Debate" was published on February 6, 2015 and runs 56 minutes.

February 6, 2015 ·56m · Living Yoga with Darren Main

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Summary

The recent outbreak of measles in the United States has cast a small segment of the population that chooses not vaccinate into the spotlight. In this podcast Darren, a vaccine advocate, has a civil yet pointed debate with Neil Z. Miller. Neil is a medical research journalist and the Director of the Thinktwice Global Vaccine Institute and the author of sevral books that incourage parents to question conventional medical advice about vaccination. Resources Neil’s Website The CDC Vaccine Site National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program What is “Pseudoscience”? 7 Biggest Lies Spread by the Anti-Vaccine Movement, Debunked by Science Follow-Up Resources from the Interview Throughout the interview both Neil and Darren promised to provide citations for claims made. Was there a CDC Coverup? NO Neil Reference: Methodological Issues and Evidence of Malfeasance in Research Purporting to Show Thimerosal in Vaccines Is Safe Darren Reference: Snopes Rebuttal • Science Blogs Rebuttal Do vaccinations make children less healthy? NO Neil Reference: Relative trends in hospitalizations and mortality Darren Reference: Vaccination Status and Health in Children and Adolescents (peer reviewed) Does the measles cure/prevent cancer? NO Neil Reference: Measles (MMR) Vaccination and Increased Rates of Cancer Darren Reference: Could measles cure cancer? Uh, not exactly…

Episode Description

The recent outbreak of measles in the United States has cast a small segment of the population that chooses not vaccinate into the spotlight. In this podcast Darren, a vaccine advocate, has a civil yet pointed debate with Neil Z. Miller.

Neil is a medical research journalist and the Director of the Thinktwice Global Vaccine Institute and the author of sevral books that incourage parents to question conventional medical advice about vaccination.

Resources

Neil’s Website

The CDC Vaccine Site National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program What is “Pseudoscience”? 7 Biggest Lies Spread by the Anti-Vaccine Movement, Debunked by Science

Follow-Up Resources from the Interview

Throughout the interview both Neil and Darren promised to provide citations for claims made.

Was there a CDC Coverup? NO

Neil Reference: Methodological Issues and Evidence of Malfeasance in Research Purporting to Show Thimerosal in Vaccines Is Safe

Darren Reference: Snopes Rebuttal • Science Blogs Rebuttal

Do vaccinations make children less healthy? NO

Neil Reference: Relative trends in hospitalizations and mortality

Darren Reference: Vaccination Status and Health in Children and Adolescents (peer reviewed)

Does the measles cure/prevent cancer? NO Neil Reference: Measles (MMR) Vaccination and Increased Rates of Cancer

Darren Reference: Could measles cure cancer? Uh, not exactly…

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