Props to Hilzoy at Obsidian Wings for calling out Barack and Hillary for stoking the vaccines and autism paranoia. It's clear that neither of them knows enough about the subject to speak on it, so why can't they just say "you know, I frankly haven't read up on it and have not discussed it with my science advisors, so it would be irresponsible of me to express say anything." Must our candidates and politicians have an opinion on everything? We don't need our leaders to be promoting anti-scientific paranoia and pseudoscience. What's next? Are they going to say they're not sure if the US government created HIV to destroy black communities?
For more on the topic, see Arthur Allen's series of entries in Slate here, here, and here. For a more general outlook on modern pseudo-skepticism, check out Daniel Engber's recent series.
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