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Infectious Myth – The 1954 Polio Field Trial – 07.14.15

In episode 65 our host David Crowe interviews someone who has recently extensively studied the polio field trial report…from 1957. Yes, from 1957. The flaws in the trial are still important today.

The man being interviewed is non other than David Crowe, who surprises the host by going so far back into medical history, questioning what is seen by the rest of the world as a slam dunk success for modern medicine. That the polio vaccine was safe and effective, that it eliminated the US 1950s era epidemic, and that it eventually led to polio being virtually eliminated around the world. Nice story, except that it is very far from the truth.

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Infectious Myth – Christina Hildebrand on Mandatory Vaccination – 07.07.15

In episode 64 Christina Hildebrand of “A Voice for Choice” talks with David about the recently approved California mandatory vaccination legislation known as SB-277. She explains how she first became concerned about vaccines while doing research as a new mother, the influence of money on politics, the problems with vaccinating for normally mild diseases like measles, and how the legislation will effect children currently in school, or those who will be changing schools. Similar legislation is pending in other states, so this information is of interest to anyone fearing that exemptions from vaccination will be removed.

The website for “A Voice for Choice” is: http://avoiceforchoice.org

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Infectious Myth – Guns – 06.23.15

David Crowe takes aim at guns in Episode 63, particularly gun culture and the death toll from guns, in the United States and elsewhere. Motivated by the Charleston gun massacre, David investigates facts and figures behind gun deaths, and examines the evidence that lax gun laws and widespread ownership of guns increases deaths from guns.

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Infectious Myth – Suppression of Dissent with Brian Martin – 06.16.15

David interviews Professor Brian Martin of the University of Wollongong in Episode 62. Brian has a PhD in Physics, but has taught a wide range of other subjects, and specializes in studying non-violence, whistleblowing and scientific controversies.

The subjects of the discussion are wide ranging, from military and intelligence leaks to nuclear war and nuclear power to vaccination, nutrition, wireless devices and fluoridation. It is not so much the specific subject areas that are discussed as much as how people fight against corruption, e.g. by whistleblowing, or by scientifically studying the damages of industrial and medical products. And how the establishment attempts to squash this dissent. But not all is doom and gloom, Brian believes that it was citizen movements that ended atmospheric nuclear testing and resulted in strong laws against tobacco sales and marketing, so concerted effort can make a difference.

Brian’s website is at:
http://www.bmartin.cc

Note: Due to a technical failure David’s portion of the discussion was re-taped from a transcript.

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Infectious Myth – Sexual Assault and Justice – 06.09.15

In Episode 61 David tackles the difficult subject of false claims of sexual assault. Society needs to deal seriously with the historical tragedy of male sexual violence, mostly against women, but also against other men. But recent high profile cases illustrate that false claims are a real problem and create real injustices against innocent men. David examines some prominent cases in detail and highlights some of the legal and moral issues. Although false claims of rape or sexual assault are rare, some of the cases have been so dramatic that there is a risk that they will result in over-criminalization of sexual relations. Also, society may still make women feel shame over expressing their sexual desire, and in cases when this becomes public, the shame they are made to feel may make some of them argue that the sex wasn’t consensual due to their age, consumption of alcohol, etc.

Infectious Myth – Jim West on Ultrasound – 05.26.15

In Episode 60 David discusses the dangers of ultrasound with Jim West, author of an annotated bibliography of research from China. Once Western countries, in particular the US, moved past the evidence that ultrasound was neither safe nor effective, research shut down, and the negative findings were forgotten. But in China, starting in the 1980s, and continuing until recently, research on the biological effects of ultrasound on the fetus was quite common, performing ultrasound on fetuses that were about to be aborted, to avoid ethical issues. This research lends evidence that the extremely high frequencies of ultrasound, and the ever increasing power, can cause cellular changes at the microscopic level. And there is some epidemiological evidence to suggest that there are increased risks of diseases like autism in babies that had the most ultrasounds while in the womb.

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Infectious Myth – Who Gets Free Expression? – 05.19.15

In Episode 59 David discusses freedom of expression, not just freedom of speech, but even the freedom to carry a gun. David chooses examples from the new YouTube-inspired phenomenon of FHITP used to sandbag interviews by female reporters, the right to openly carry a gun, the censorship of Gary Null by KPFA in Berkeley, and the response to Seymour Hersh’s new article claiming that just about everything we’ve been told about the Osama Bin Laden raid is false.

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Infectious Myth – Dr. Jayne Donegan on Vaccines – 05.12.15

Dr. Jayne Donegan is a Homeopath and General Practitioner in England. Starting from a mainstream position, based on what she learned in medical school, she gradually questioned vaccination more and more, and also looked at the roots of what are believed to be purely infectious diseases, like diphtheria and measles, including social and environmental conditions, nutrition and yes, even love. Eventually her skepticism about vaccines got her in trouble with medical authorities but after an epic battle the General Medical Council agreed that her viewpoints were scientifically based, and she was able to retain her medical license.

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Infectious Myth – Dr. Sherri Tenpenny on Vaccines – 05.05.15

David talks with Dr. Sherri Tenpenny about vaccines.

Dr. Sherri J. Tenpenny is an osteopathic medical doctor, board certified in three medical specialties. From 1986 to 1998, she was a full time Emergency Medicine physician and the director of the Emergency Department in Findlay, Ohio. In 1996, she opened a center for Integrative medicine. Patients have come from nearly all 50 states and 14 countries to get well using a combination of conventional and holistic therapies. Dr. Tenpenny has also produced several books and DVDs.

David and Sherri discuss the side effects of vaccines, the history and politics of vaccines, and the future of even more vaccines, provided in an even more coercive fashion. It is truly a scary time for people with concerns about vaccines, especially (but not only) parents, and it is time to get educated and get politically active. You cannot rely on the political system or the mainstream media to bring sanity back.