The video of "THE STROLL" is over at TMZ.com

Posted by: Maggie45 at July 6, 2008 10:49 AM

I'm sorry but wanst Jim on "In Living Color"?

Posted by: lujlp at July 6, 2008 11:01 AM

Although I have never been a big fan of Jim Carrey, I am definitely not a fan of his and his girlfriend's opposition to vaccinations; they both seem particularly ill-informed about that issue, among others. However, celebrity stances on important issues are usually not my cup of tea, unless they show some evidence of real thought and study.

Posted by: sirhcton at July 6, 2008 11:30 AM

I didn't connect him to that. I just like him comedically.

She's a dimwit, spreading damaging ideas that are sure to damage herd immunity and endanger a lot of children:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity

Also, how long before we start seeing kids with polio again. Make no mistake, I'm no supporter of her idiocy.

Posted by: Amy Alkon at July 6, 2008 11:46 AM

Well, here's a connection, masking as "green our vaccines" (http://www.talkaboutcuringautism.org/video/green-our-vaccines-rally-video.htm). Of course, when pressed, it seems such people will never find that any vaccine is "green" enough, unless it is homeopathic.

Speaking of polio, I am old enough to remember lining up with scores of other children and parents to get the first vaccines. Most parents were aware of the risks and were more than eager to participate, figuring the odds were orders of magnitude greater in their childrens' favor with the protection. How soon the next generations forget.

Posted by: sirhton at July 6, 2008 7:05 PM

Simple solution:

If you refuse vaccination, and your child contracts a deadly illness that they should have been vaccinated for, you are charged with negligent homicide and imprisoned.

Vaccines haven't had mercury in them in the US for several years. It's very likely that Jenny's kid never got a vaccine with Thimerosal in it.

Posted by: brian at July 6, 2008 9:14 PM

Brian, see adjacent message stacks: It's unlikely that you're competent to comment of communal risk.

(What?

Well, yeah, sure... It is fun to pester him about this stuff. But that doesn't mean that doing so is wrong.)

Posted by: Crid [cridcridatgmail] at July 6, 2008 9:59 PM

Amy,

I know you're familiar with Orac's Respectful Insolence site--here's one of his many posts regarding the Carrey/McCarthy obsession with "greening our vaccines:"

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2008/06/the_jenny_mccarthy_rally_tomorrow_antivaccine.php

Posted by: Oriel at July 8, 2008 4:26 PM