The Good Thinking Society welcomed the decision by NHS Wirral CCG
to decommission homeopathy and Iscador services. The decision comes
after months of consultation which showed overwhelming support from
the public for an end to funding.
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
issues position statement on anti-vaccine nurses and midwives
On October 11 2016, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
responded to a number of complaints regarding anti-vaccination material
and advice being disseminated by registered nurses, enrolled nurses,
and registered midwives, by publishing a new position statement
on anti-vaccination misinformation:
The traditional Aboriginal memory technique that unlocks the secrets
of Stonehenge, Easter Island and ancient monuments the world over.
Lynne Kelly has discovered that a powerful memory technique used
by the ancients can unlock the secrets of the Neolithic stone circles
of Britain and Europe, the ancient Pueblo buildings in New Mexico
and other prehistoric stone monuments across the world.
Homeopathic hucksters. Nonsensical naturopaths. Anti-intellectual
anti-vaxxers. Slippery statisticians. The ‘journalists’
daring to declare meats as critically carcinogenic. And let’s
not forget – let’s not forget – fraudulent pharmaceutical
firms. - We chat to Ben on the eve of his Australian and New Zealand
tour.
Doctor Google is at it again with millions of people seeking its
advice.
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Victorian film festival embroiled
in anti-vax, social media trainwreck
The Castlemaine Local and International Film Festival takes aim
and shoots itself in the foot while putting its foot in its mouth.
We find out why this festival is planning to screen an anti-vaccination
film.
This week Heidi Robertson has another report
from the recent Brisbane Skepticamp. She chats to Michelle Franklin
from Darwin Skeptics about how her work looking at bio control.
At Sydney Skeptics in the pub, Maynard finds out wha the average
pubber knows about the quantum world. Also a chat with Ian Bryce
who does actually know!
Mother who posted video of her baby is bullied
by anti-vaxxers online
The mother who posted a heartbreaking video of her five-week-old
baby choking for air after catching whooping cough has been bullied
online by trolls who say “vaccination is what caused her baby
to get sick”.
This week Heidi Robertson has another report
from the recent Brisbane Skepticamp. She chats to Natalie Carrington
about how language can be used to fight pseudoscience and woo.
Following the revelation of chiropractor Ian Rossborough’s
‘cracking’ of an infant’s spine on YouTube, Australian
Skeptics and many members of the public and professionals expressed
their outrage.
Verna Morris, Maureen Chuck, Ken McLeod, Monica Saville, Dr Richard
Gordon, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, John Bundock, Peter Bowditch and Lauren
Cochrane with Ada and Jack.
Join the cast of the Skeptic Zone Podcast, and host of
special guests, in their first audio adventure as they board the
Australian Space Ship Solar Flare to fight
the forces of woo thoughout the galaxy!
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The views and opinions expressed on the Skeptics Zone Podcast are not
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