I don't usually do this, but TechyDad left such a great comment on my post about the antics of antivax founder Andrew Wakefield, I have to reproduce it here for all to see. Talking about the inherent contradictions and cherry-picking that go on in the alt-med purveyors' heads, TechyDad says:
Gotta love the disconnect. If pharmaceutical companies make any money off of vaccines, it’s "Big Pharma’s injecting us with chemicals to make money!!!" Now if a homeopath or an "alternative therapy" company makes money off of their "treatment" it’s “They’re such wonderful people helping to treat these awful conditions!” If a single batch of a single vaccine is recalled for a tiny problem they shout "See!!??? Big Pharma’s trying to pump us full of unsafe toxins!!!!" If a company comes out with an outrageous sounding "alternative therapy" for some disease, they say "They say it works right here. It’s alternative ...
