And you are here why?

Its not like we should actually have  to tell people why they should get vaccinated in general, and get the flu-vaccine in particular. But... haters gonna hate, and Jenny McCarthy gonna remain stupid. After all, emember back in mid 2013 when Texas had a measles outbreak ? And in early 2012 when Indiana had the measles outbreak ? And before that, when in 2005 Indiana had another measles epidemic ?  All because a bunch-a idiots of the Jenny McCarthy vein decided that science was for shit, vaccinations were for chumps, and God Would Provide? (Or AUTISM ! Or something equally idiotic) Well, Tara Haelle at Red Wine and Apple Sauce  (" Health and Science News for Moms ") has compiled - and debunked - the top 25 myths about the flu vaccine. Mind you, Haters probably gonna continue to Hate, and Jenny McCarthy will always  be an idiot, but whatever... Myth #1: The flu vaccine gives you the flu or makes you sick. ( No, it doesn’t. ) Myth #2: Flu vaccines contains...

Karl Smith on Epidemics A good rule of thumb – I believe – for epidemics economic, biological or social is this: If it spreads along lines of communication its   entropic information . If it travels along major transportation routes its microbial. If it spreads out like a fan, its an arthropod. If its everywhere, all at once, its a molecule.