Posts by japonica

Quote: Originally Posted by Taximom5    This.   Shingles is usually more severe than childhood chicken pox.   Agree too. Two of my SILs have had shingles in their 40s. One...

Because it has nothing to do with credibility, right?   If some people refute published papers because of supposed bias, I can also choose to treat the work of a crook and fraudster with a skeptical eye. 

Quote: Originally Posted by SkewedD  Japonica,   Thank you for your response; I think you offer some fair criticism. As a scientist writing a blog, there is always a fine line between the technical...

Quote: Originally Posted by SkewedD  Japonica, Thank you for your interest in my blog. I would like to take this opportunity to point out that in my critique of the Shaw HPV paper, I provided plenty of scientific...

I'm not suggesting that you are sniping unless you are in fact SD from the blog you linked in another post. That is sniping, to call the research a big pile of crap (paraphrasing) but then refuse to dissect it piece by piece to show...

Quote: Originally Posted by WildKingdom  Japonica asked if there was anything wrong with her research.  TBH, I'm not sure, because all I've seen are abstracts.  Have any of you read the actual articles? Even...

Quote: Originally Posted by WildKingdom  I'm just pointing out her conflicts of interest.   People seem to think it's very important to point them out anytime a pro-vax study is brought up (and it is...

Quote: Originally Posted by hlacroix  I would be interested to see results from a poll like this for vaccinated children. I find it concerning how many vaccinated children and adults still contract the disease they...

See, insinuating there's an agenda shouldn't be a surprise as many of the "pro-vaccine" studies likewise have an "agenda" and are also funded by persons and corporations who have an interest in the studies recommending a certain course...

Quote: Originally Posted by prosciencemum  Or I suppose could compare health in CA, FL with northern parts of the US in the winter months. :)    If we could control for the variables, sure. I live in...