the Internet Slam Dunk
Jenny McCarthy Asks; the Internet Slam Dunks
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/03/17/jenny_mccarthy_antivaxxer_gets_remedied_on_twitter.html
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By now you know about anti-vaccination mouthpiece Jenny McCarthy. Ive written about her many times: how she claims vaccines cause autism (they dont), how she cured her son of autism with a gluten-free diet (she didnt), how she rails about vaccines being full of toxins (they arent) while literally injecting her face with the single most toxic protein known to science.
Yeah, that Jenny McCarthy. Its possible shes more well-known in the general public for being a comedian, host of the The View, and of course a Playboy model, but on the Net shes widely understood to be a voice for frankly dangerous anti-vax nonsense.
On Thursday, McCarthy asked a question of her fans on Twitter to see what theyd say. What she got was a dose of the reality she helped spawn.
/While I do love getting diseases that were eradicated in the last century, I would say vaccinated is a trait I look for
more at:
https://twitter.com/hashtag/jennyasks?f=realtime