![]() ![]() ![]() The CDC defines an outbreak thusly in its EXCITE educational tool:Īn outbreak or an epidemic exists when there are more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area, or among a specific group of people, over a particular period of time. Jay is wrong about the CDC definition of “outbreak,” as well, as he could find out just by searching the CDC website. Jay to downplay the severity of the outbreak by fallaciously using the entire population of California as the denominator for the incidence of measles.ĭr. In the second Facebook rant, he used a very similar technique to that of Dr. Bob” basically ranted at the parents of his patients for getting all worked up (unnecessarily, in his mind, apparently) about the very same measles outbreak that “inspired” Dr. Jay’s letter is just how similar it is to the whiny rants published by Dr. The thing that most immediately struck me about Dr. No matter how many times he is shown studies that fail to find a link between the MMR vaccine (or any vaccine, for that matter) and autism or various other conditions, he refuses to accept it and retreats to his “observation” and “anecdotal evidence,” asserting, in essence although he doesn’t put it that way, that his “30 years of clinical experience” trump epidemiology and all the evidence that have failed to find a link between vaccines and autism. ![]() Jay values his “observation” and “anecdotal evidence” above and beyond actual science. Of course, that’s nothing that I haven’t known for nine years. He actually admitted that his “personal reservations” about the MMR vaccine are not based in science. I suppose I can say one good thing about Dr. The measles outbreak of 2014 does not pose a risk to your healthy child. The CDC defines outbreak as two cases spread from the same source. These reservations are supported by observation and anecdotal evidence only. Wakefield’s “Lancet” article and are not supported by published medical research. My personal reservations have nothing to do with Dr. #Saddam hussein capture pwned freeIf you would like the MMR vaccine, please feel free to get it. Measles is unlikely to be spread by a brief encounter or sharing a BART train. All of these cases began with importation by travelers and then spread to close contacts. There have been about 80 cases of measles in the United States this year. Headlines speak of “ten times more measles in 2014.” The newspaper articles often don’t mention that California had very few cases of measles in the past five years so the 35 cases reported among 38,000,000 Californians is not a frighteningly large numerical jump. In fact, the last fatality from measles in the USA was eleven years ago in 2003. The media, as they often do, are covering this story quite heavily and the headlines make it appear that there is imminent great danger. As many of you know, I use the MMR vaccine more sparingly than most pediatricians so I’m a bit surprised that the number is zero, but it is. In July, 2014, we celebrate the 30th year at 901 Montana and we have never had a child in our office contract measles. I’m not aware of the number of cases in our immediate area. There are 21 reported cases in Orange County. Our office has received a large number of phone calls and emails about measles. He even earned the “honor” of being featured on Penn & Teller’s Bullshit! episode about the antivaccine movement.Īll of which is why it saddens but doesn’t surprise me to learn of a letter he sent to his patients recently about the ongoing measles outbreak in southern California: Gordon has demonstrated that his understanding of science is poor and that he is, if not outright antivaccine, definitely sympathetic to antivaccine viewpoints. Since then, he’s periodically come to my attention, be it for nonsense equating vaccine manufacturers to tobacco companies, falling headlong for the bogus “toxins” gambit (specifically formaldehyde) so beloved of antivaccinationists, writing ill-informed legal opinions, or penning the foreword to a Jenny McCarthy antivaccine book. #Saddam hussein capture pwned fullIt began back in 2005 when I first noticed him writing blogs full of antivaccine nonsense at the then-new group blog, The Huffington Post, where I noted antivaccine rhetoric running rampant, complete with amazing examples of what I like to call the “pharma shill” gambit. As hard as it is to believe, I’ve actually “known” pediatrician to the antivaccine stars (such as Jenny McCarthy), “Dr. ![]()
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