Articles and Blog Posts on Health and Vaccines by Jeremy R. Hammond

How to Immunize Yourself Against Vaccine Propaganda

A New York Times editorial attacks “anti-vaxxers” as “the enemy”, but it’s the Times editors who are dangerously irrational and ignorant of the science.

Download my free report 5 Horrifying Facts about the FDA Vaccine Approval Process.

Interview: On Israel-Palestine, Vaccines, and Mainstream Propaganda

In this interview, I talk about how the government and media misinform the public about two important topics: the Israel-Palestine conflict and vaccines.

Interview: A Sober Discussion of the Vaccine Issue

In this interview, I explain the need for serious discussion about the vaccine issue in the mainstream discourse, which as yet remains nonexistent.

How You’re Being Lied to about the Risks of Getting a Flu Vaccine Annually

The government and media systematically deceive the public about what science tells us about the risks of getting an influenza vaccine every year.

FactCheck.org, Following CDC’s Example, Lies about Vaccine Safety

FactCheck.org claims that the mercury in vaccines is harmless and science has proven vaccines don’t cause autism, but its own key source says otherwise.

Why the Flu Death of a Vaccinated Girl Is NOT Reason to Get a Flu Shot

“People” magazine tells us the death of a vaccinated girl from the flu is reason for kids to get a flu shot. Here’s why this is drawing the wrong lesson.

More Than Half of Americans Want a Flu Shot Despite the Science

A Medscape article lamenting that almost half of Americans won’t get a flu shot offers a good example of how the public is being lied to about the science.

Newsweek Op-Ed Absurdly Lies That Vaccination Entails No Health Risks

A Newsweek propaganda piece absurdly lies that vaccination entails no health risks — and that anyone who knows better has no “faith in science”.

LISTEN: Logical Reasons Not to Get a Flu Vaccine Annually

In this interview, I offer logical reasons why an individual might decide NOT to follow the CDC’s recommendation to get a flu vaccine every year.

Public Vaccine Policy and the War on Your Right to Informed Consent

If some public vaccine policy advocates had their way, you would not be able to exercise your right to informed consent, one of the most fundamental ethics in medicine.

It’s Flu Shot Propaganda Season! Beware the Big Lies about the Vaccine.

A Washington Post article maligning people who don’t get a flu shot shows how the media’s reporting on vaccines is public policy advocacy, not journalism.

80,000 Flu Deaths Last Season? Why the CDC’s Claim Is Not Credible.

The CDC’s claim that there were 80,000 flu deaths during the 2017-2018 flu season is based on a mathematical model premised on a highly dubious assumption.

LISTEN: What the Public Isn’t Being Told about Vaccines

In this interview with Sallie Elkordy of The Mary and Sallie Show, I illuminate numerous concerns about vaccines that the public isn’t being informed about.

Has the Hib Vaccine Simply Shifted the Risk Burden to the Elderly?

Maybe instead of using our children as subjects of a mass uncontrolled experiment, we should work on developing natural herd immunity to H. influenzae.

Why Don’t the Media Cover Vaccine Science the Same Way…?

Aaron E. Carroll of the New York Times offers an example of how the media apply different standards when it comes to reporting on vaccine science.

Public Vaccine Policy Has Taken Science Hostage

There is an institutionalized bias within the government and medical establishment that elevates public vaccine policy over public health.

Vaccines & Autism: How the Media Lie about the 1998 Lancet Study

The mainstream media’s treatment of the retracted 1998 Lancet study hypothesizing a link between the MMR vaccine and autism illustrates how they systematically misinform the public and refuse to take parents’ legitimate concerns about vaccines seriously.

Infographic: How the New York Times Deceives You about Flu Shot Safety

Witness what the New York Times says science says about the safety of the influenza vaccine versus what its own source from the medical literature actually says.

Infographic: How the New York Times Deceives You about the Flu Shot

Observe how the New York Times deceives you about the flu shot. Witness what the Times says science says about the influenza vaccine versus what its own source from the medical literature actually says.

How the CDC Uses Fear and Deception to Sell More Flu Vaccines

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claims that its recommendation that everyone aged six months and up should get an annual flu shot is firmly grounded in science. The medical literature tells us something else entirely.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Vaccines But the CDC Didn’t Tell You

Okay, not “everything”. But I do what the mainstream media won’t and scratch the surface for you, offering you a glimpse at some of the kinds of things we can learn from the medical literature that the CDC literally does not want you to know. (The agency considers “growing health literacy” to be a major problem.)

“The Germ Guy” Hilariously Gives Me Flak for Busting Flu Shot Propaganda

I have to thank Germ Guy for providing me with yet another enlightening — and entertaining — illustration of the intellectual bankruptcy that pervades the public discourse when it comes to the question of vaccines.

Should You Get the Flu Shot Every Year? Don’t Ask the New York Times.

A recent New York Times article on the influenza vaccine provides a useful case study in how the mainstream media manufacture consent for the CDC’s public vaccine policy by systematically misinforming the public about the science.

WaPo Writer Brazenly Lies About Vaccine Safety, Refuses to Issue Correction

To persuade parents to follow the CDC’s routine childhood vaccination schedule, Lena H. Sun in the Washington Post lies that every vaccine is studied for safety when given in combination with every other vaccine on the schedule. Confronted with her lie, she’s refused to issue a correction.

Washington Post Lies about Safety of Giving Multiple Vaccines at Once

The Washington Post tries to reassure parents that getting their child many vaccines at once is perfectly safe by claiming every vaccine on the CDC’s routine childhood schedule has been studied for safety when given along with every other vaccine on the schedule. But that is a recklessly irresponsible lie.