Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
7 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Cancer linked to polio vaccine (Original Post) TrogL Jan 2013 OP
It is a woo. Would be damn nice if that link wasn't posted on DU. idwiyo Jan 2013 #1
+1,000,000,000 ... 000 HuckleB Jan 2013 #2
Looks like Mercola openly joined forces with Taliban and other religious nuts. idwiyo Jan 2013 #3
>>> mr blur Jan 2013 #4
Mercola is a TOTAL QUACK Warpy Jan 2013 #5
Mercola is a fraud that the FDA has cited TZ Jan 2013 #6
Not only is he a quack; he is a vile right-wing propagandist LeftishBrit Jan 2013 #7

idwiyo

(5,113 posts)
3. Looks like Mercola openly joined forces with Taliban and other religious nuts.
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:24 PM
Jan 2013

Bad enough religious morons beleive that vaccination will sterilise them. Never mind fucking CIA used vaccination program in Pakistan is a guise when they were looking for Osama bin Laden which resulted in killed vaccination campaign workers and who knows how many dead and sick kids.
Now we have this friggin snake oil salesman spreading bullshit that polio vaccine is linked to cancer.



Warpy

(113,130 posts)
5. Mercola is a TOTAL QUACK
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 08:12 PM
Jan 2013

For future reference, please know that linking to his site will get you nailed by most of us with actual medical educations.

http://www.quackwatch.com/search/webglimpse.cgi?ID=1&query=mercola

TZ

(42,998 posts)
6. Mercola is a fraud that the FDA has cited
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 08:06 AM
Jan 2013

on a number of occasions.
http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2011/ucm250701.htm
http://www.casewatch.org/fdawarning/prod/2006/mercola2.shtml

ONE warning letter alone is a big deal, let alone multiple ones. He's a big threat to people's heatlh NOT the polio vaccine

LeftishBrit

(41,303 posts)
7. Not only is he a quack; he is a vile right-wing propagandist
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 08:29 AM
Jan 2013

A little while ago, I posted on a thread in the Health forum re:

'His general views on healthcare:

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=377098398731

Note in particular:

As many of you know, my philosophy of government’s role in health should be extremely limited – I believe in personal responsibilities and the freedom of choice.

Forcing the purchase of insurance on every individual is not something I can agree with, adding more taxes to feed the existing broken health care system will only make the existing problems worse.

...Congress does have the ability to collect taxes under the constitution which is why it was done this way – so it should be called what it is, the Health Care Tax Bill. If they used that name however, they likely would have received more opposition.

While I am in favor of some type of system to address those in our society without health care coverage, to me it is morally reprehensible to extract money from those in the culture that have worked hard to earn it and use it to pay for drugs, which for the most part, in no way shape or form address the cause of the illness, but merely foster a dependency of more of the same..'


In other words, he is, on health issues, A MONSTER OF PURE RIGHT-WING EVIL!!!!

If there are still any doubts after reading this, look at the following:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/02/14/beating-breast-cancer-a-guide-to-prevention-treatment-and-recovery.aspx


This is not the only one of his articles that is recorded on the America's Independent Party website. It may be that they are doing so without his approval; nevertheless the message here is hard-right - not to mention plain wrong - in itself.

He has endorsed Ron Paul, and is a member of the hard-right anti-public-healthcare Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.

Should his views on health issues really be given credence on a progressive - and hopefully sane - board?'

Latest Discussions»Culture Forums»Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience»Cancer linked to polio va...