Western Medicine and Bill Maher

[Whitney]

I wonder if his views have matured since Politically Incorrect. During one of his recent Leno visits (I know - it's a terrible show, I only watch it for Maher) Maher criticized religion for being a bunch of "nonsense tales written before anyone knew what a germ was, or where the sun went at night". It's hard to imagine him supporting Health Care Reform so fervently while simultaneously cursing Western Medicine. I dunno, he's a bit a mystery here. Maybe the fact that we can't decipher what he's saying does mean he's anti-science when it comes to medicine.

His social circle includes connections to Harris and Dawkins; he might have been set straight off camera

[Sophus]

HuffPo reporting that kids are having seizures after vaccination. Guess this means we can expect Bill to say something about this on his next show.

Government officials are investigating an apparent increase in fever-related seizures in young children after they got a flu shot.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said there have been 36 confirmed reports of seizures this flu season in children ages 6 months through 2 years. The seizures occurred within one day after they were vaccinated with Fluzone, the only flu shot recommended in the United States for infants and very young children. Ten of the children were hospitalized, but all recovered.

The FDA said it is investigating to see if there is any connection between the vaccine and the seizures, or if something else caused the convulsions

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