It's so frustrating to hear a news commentator or medical "expert" make false health assertions: sugar cannot trigger hyperactivity; diet does not affect Tourette syndrome; there's not really more autism these days, we just know how to recognize it better.
You feel helpless as you realize that millions of parents and physicians have heard a misleading message spoken with great authority. They are left with this dangling news snippet that forges opinions and may guide actions. As a result, children can be harmed.
In an excellent blog available today on the Huffington Post, Carrey takes on CNN's Campbell Brown for declaring that vaccines have been proven safe. Brown is just one of many who has done the same in recent months.
Vaccine safety is a complex issue but Jim Carrey has pared it down to the basics. And there's nothing funny about it. Read here.
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