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		<title>Comment on How to get the Maternity Immunisation Allowance without getting your kids vaccinated. by Michelle</title>
		<link>http://scepticsbook.com/2009/03/01/how-to-get-the-maternity-immunisation-allowance-without-getting-your-kids-vaccinated/comment-page-1/#comment-148270</link>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 04:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post Louisa! You have clearly gone into your research with an OPEN mind, looking for what is best for your child - unlike others who only regard as credible, &#039;information&#039; that supports their bias. I read lines like &quot;leeching off the rest of us who do comply thereby benefiting from they herd immunity we provide&quot; and cringe that people still believe herd immunity is real! My whole life I believed in that concept too, until I became informed of not just the risks of vaccination, but the efficacy (lack of) of vaccines. 

While people remain so emotive about it and refuse to see or discuss the facts, the manufacturers of these products will continue to get away with not bothering to put money behind making them more safe or effective. And yet continue to be one of the most profitable and influential industries. 

As for claiming your child&#039;s entitlement as per government rules - no fraud required, a) it&#039;s not exactly obvious that you can claim the &quot;Maternity Immunisation Allowance&quot; if you don&#039;t vaccinate your baby, and b) most parents I know aren&#039;t out there trying to &quot;prove a point&quot;, they&#039;re doing what they believe best for their children and they are liable to pay the same taxes as everyone else. And considering GP visits are covered for free but homeopath visits are not, those being proactive with their health (who rarely see the inside of a GP&#039;s room) need all the financial assistance they can get.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post Louisa! You have clearly gone into your research with an OPEN mind, looking for what is best for your child &#8211; unlike others who only regard as credible, &#8216;information&#8217; that supports their bias. I read lines like &#8220;leeching off the rest of us who do comply thereby benefiting from they herd immunity we provide&#8221; and cringe that people still believe herd immunity is real! My whole life I believed in that concept too, until I became informed of not just the risks of vaccination, but the efficacy (lack of) of vaccines. </p>
<p>While people remain so emotive about it and refuse to see or discuss the facts, the manufacturers of these products will continue to get away with not bothering to put money behind making them more safe or effective. And yet continue to be one of the most profitable and influential industries. </p>
<p>As for claiming your child&#8217;s entitlement as per government rules &#8211; no fraud required, a) it&#8217;s not exactly obvious that you can claim the &#8220;Maternity Immunisation Allowance&#8221; if you don&#8217;t vaccinate your baby, and b) most parents I know aren&#8217;t out there trying to &#8220;prove a point&#8221;, they&#8217;re doing what they believe best for their children and they are liable to pay the same taxes as everyone else. And considering GP visits are covered for free but homeopath visits are not, those being proactive with their health (who rarely see the inside of a GP&#8217;s room) need all the financial assistance they can get.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Homeopathy gets a smackdown, and the death of a toddler under tragic circumstances at an alt-med clinic. by Qygpnibg</title>
		<link>http://scepticsbook.com/2009/06/18/homeopathy-gets-a-smackdown-and-the-death-of-a-toddler-under-tragic-circumstances-at-an-alt-med-clinic/comment-page-1/#comment-146974</link>
		<dc:creator>Qygpnibg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 13:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this is be cool 8) http://doorejufypu.de.tl smal loli  and what language do they speak on this video??? if it is english i have not pay attention so well and that girl is really beautiful</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this is be cool <img src='http://scepticsbook.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> <a href="http://doorejufypu.de.tl" rel="nofollow">http://doorejufypu.de.tl</a> smal loli  and what language do they speak on this video??? if it is english i have not pay attention so well and that girl is really beautiful</p>
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		<title>Comment on A giant leap in logic from a piece of bad science by Science-Based Medicine &#187; Plausibility bias? You say that as though that were a bad thing!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Science-Based Medicine &#187; Plausibility bias? You say that as though that were a bad thing!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 06:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] can have biological effects. I&#8217;ve looked at many such studies (for instance, this study of homeopathic remedies on human breast cancer cell lines), and quite often what you find is shoddy methodology, effects of solvents and contaminants, and [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] can have biological effects. I&#8217;ve looked at many such studies (for instance, this study of homeopathic remedies on human breast cancer cell lines), and quite often what you find is shoddy methodology, effects of solvents and contaminants, and [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Homeopathy gets a smackdown, and the death of a toddler under tragic circumstances at an alt-med clinic. by Btzeymgz</title>
		<link>http://scepticsbook.com/2009/06/18/homeopathy-gets-a-smackdown-and-the-death-of-a-toddler-under-tragic-circumstances-at-an-alt-med-clinic/comment-page-1/#comment-146599</link>
		<dc:creator>Btzeymgz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 17:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Homeopathy gets a smackdown, and the death of a toddler under tragic circumstances at an alt-med clinic. by Rigjteyj</title>
		<link>http://scepticsbook.com/2009/06/18/homeopathy-gets-a-smackdown-and-the-death-of-a-toddler-under-tragic-circumstances-at-an-alt-med-clinic/comment-page-1/#comment-145903</link>
		<dc:creator>Rigjteyj</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 01:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can you hear me OK? http://lohygaiqojo.de.tl russian young bbs  I agree with Filldrong, she has amazing looks and a good pesonallity she shoudn&#039;t have to be in porn.Thats just sad.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can you hear me OK? <a href="http://lohygaiqojo.de.tl" rel="nofollow">http://lohygaiqojo.de.tl</a> russian young bbs  I agree with Filldrong, she has amazing looks and a good pesonallity she shoudn&#8217;t have to be in porn.Thats just sad.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Vega test &#8211; a spectacular rip-off. by Ken</title>
		<link>http://scepticsbook.com/2009/03/09/the-vega-test-a-spectacular-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-144705</link>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course Mr. Perfect, all Dr.&#039;s are there for the patient, I&#039;m sure they never experiment with cancer patients and have no skeletons  in their cupboard! Most complimentary therapists could only dream of having the life style Dr.&#039;s have, most have a genuine desire to help their fellow man, it&#039;s such a shame that people who have a good command of language, and have a skill for the pen have to think they are the savior of mankind with their own limited experience. My advice to you is do a proper RCT on complimentary practitioners before you infer that they are all out there to prey on poor suffering people. As yet to my knowledge there are know complementary practitioners with a record like Harold Shipman. It should be made aware that the vega tester, and similar devices are used as a tool to maybe back up ones clinical experience to evaluate whether a certain preparation may be useful to a patient. Perhaps Dr.&#039;s should consider using vega testers before killing thousands of patients every year with NSAID&#039;S.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course Mr. Perfect, all Dr.&#8217;s are there for the patient, I&#8217;m sure they never experiment with cancer patients and have no skeletons  in their cupboard! Most complimentary therapists could only dream of having the life style Dr.&#8217;s have, most have a genuine desire to help their fellow man, it&#8217;s such a shame that people who have a good command of language, and have a skill for the pen have to think they are the savior of mankind with their own limited experience. My advice to you is do a proper RCT on complimentary practitioners before you infer that they are all out there to prey on poor suffering people. As yet to my knowledge there are know complementary practitioners with a record like Harold Shipman. It should be made aware that the vega tester, and similar devices are used as a tool to maybe back up ones clinical experience to evaluate whether a certain preparation may be useful to a patient. Perhaps Dr.&#8217;s should consider using vega testers before killing thousands of patients every year with NSAID&#8217;S.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Allegations emerge that Andrew Wakefield &#8220;faked&#8221; the data in his Lancet paper. by kneeddySeanny</title>
		<link>http://scepticsbook.com/2009/02/08/allegations-that-andrew-wakefield-faked-the-data-in-his-lancet-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-133589</link>
		<dc:creator>kneeddySeanny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 02:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Planning on alone that can&#039;t jump and touch the rim?  Maybe you could be just inches outside of laying down a colossal spike.Do you feel like your feet are glued in the direction of court? 
 
Trying to find there too. 
 
I did o . k . jumping, however i definitely wasn&#039;t the tallest guy in high school graduation.  Additionally, I did not really get a growth spurt until We had been away from graduating high school and also must have been a gigantic 3 inches. 
 
I found myself only 5 feet 6 inches when I graduated from school. 
 
I had become the guy in which needed to cover as they definitely knew where did they could get an easy block as long as they enable me to drive on the hoop to get lay up.   When playing volleyball I found myself lucky to spike it on the girls&#039; height nets. 
 
Then I realized the trick to exercises for jump. 
 
Here&#039;s the trick the stretch shortening cycle. 
 
What&#039;s the subject matter stretch shortening cycle you may ask?  Well it sounds even more difficult pc is. 
 
The muscles are triggered understand what greater evidence to a sudden stretch.  In general, it requires a large amount of conscious effort to contract a muscle suddenly without stretching first. 
 
Here&#039;s this is an example, make an attempt to jump not including quickly squatting down first.  You don&#039;t jump very high. 
 
Think about how springs work. With a lot of movements, we first produce a slight countermovement to make the movement we require.  Muscles has to be loaded before they may be unload high level contraction. 
 
Deceleration in the movement must occur first.  This loads muscle almost like stretching a rubber band or coiling a spring.  You may use that stretch to rapidly accelerate out of your floor. 
 
Top-of-the-line kinds exercise to coach the stretch shortening cycle is plyometrics.  Ideal jump training workouts may use exercises that develop the stretch shortening cycle. 
 
Case can a big secrets which realize that the majority trainers either are not familiar with or don&#039;t wish you to find out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Planning on alone that can&#8217;t jump and touch the rim?  Maybe you could be just inches outside of laying down a colossal spike.Do you feel like your feet are glued in the direction of court? </p>
<p>Trying to find there too. </p>
<p>I did o . k . jumping, however i definitely wasn&#8217;t the tallest guy in high school graduation.  Additionally, I did not really get a growth spurt until We had been away from graduating high school and also must have been a gigantic 3 inches. </p>
<p>I found myself only 5 feet 6 inches when I graduated from school. </p>
<p>I had become the guy in which needed to cover as they definitely knew where did they could get an easy block as long as they enable me to drive on the hoop to get lay up.   When playing volleyball I found myself lucky to spike it on the girls&#8217; height nets. </p>
<p>Then I realized the trick to exercises for jump. </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the trick the stretch shortening cycle. </p>
<p>What&#8217;s the subject matter stretch shortening cycle you may ask?  Well it sounds even more difficult pc is. </p>
<p>The muscles are triggered understand what greater evidence to a sudden stretch.  In general, it requires a large amount of conscious effort to contract a muscle suddenly without stretching first. </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s this is an example, make an attempt to jump not including quickly squatting down first.  You don&#8217;t jump very high. </p>
<p>Think about how springs work. With a lot of movements, we first produce a slight countermovement to make the movement we require.  Muscles has to be loaded before they may be unload high level contraction. </p>
<p>Deceleration in the movement must occur first.  This loads muscle almost like stretching a rubber band or coiling a spring.  You may use that stretch to rapidly accelerate out of your floor. </p>
<p>Top-of-the-line kinds exercise to coach the stretch shortening cycle is plyometrics.  Ideal jump training workouts may use exercises that develop the stretch shortening cycle. </p>
<p>Case can a big secrets which realize that the majority trainers either are not familiar with or don&#8217;t wish you to find out.</p>
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		<title>Comment on A brief report from today&#8217;s debate. by Relatively Interesting Celebrities Endorsing Stupid Things: (like) The Anti-Vaccination Movement</title>
		<link>http://scepticsbook.com/2009/05/02/a-brief-report-from-todays-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-132079</link>
		<dc:creator>Relatively Interesting Celebrities Endorsing Stupid Things: (like) The Anti-Vaccination Movement</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] After Dana’s story was told on the Australian TV show &#8220;Sunday Night&#8221; there was such a reaction that Channel 7 decided to hold a forum about vaccinations. Richard Saunders and Rachael Dunlop from The Australian Skeptics were there — you can read Rachael’s personal account of the forum — and Richard has posted video from the forum. (note that the video has been removed off YouTube. Please read the transcript here.) [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] After Dana’s story was told on the Australian TV show &#8220;Sunday Night&#8221; there was such a reaction that Channel 7 decided to hold a forum about vaccinations. Richard Saunders and Rachael Dunlop from The Australian Skeptics were there — you can read Rachael’s personal account of the forum — and Richard has posted video from the forum. (note that the video has been removed off YouTube. Please read the transcript here.) [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Vaccine court finds no link to autism by Relatively Interesting Celebrities Endorsing Stupid Things: (like) The Anti-Vaccination Movement</title>
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		<dc:creator>Relatively Interesting Celebrities Endorsing Stupid Things: (like) The Anti-Vaccination Movement</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/ http://scepticsbook.com/2010/03/13/vaccine-court-finds-no-link-to-autism/ http://www.jennymccarthybodycount.com/Jenny_McCarthy_Body_Count/Home.html [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/</a> <a href="http://scepticsbook.com/2010/03/13/vaccine-court-finds-no-link-to-autism/" rel="nofollow">http://scepticsbook.com/2010/03/13/vaccine-court-finds-no-link-to-autism/</a> <a href="http://www.jennymccarthybodycount.com/Jenny_McCarthy_Body_Count/Home.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.jennymccarthybodycount.com/Jenny_McCarthy_Body_Count/Home.html</a> [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Sceptics on Saturday with me &amp; Dr Krissy Wilson. by jame</title>
		<link>http://scepticsbook.com/2010/03/28/sceptics-on-saturday-with-me-dr-krissy-wilson/comment-page-1/#comment-130842</link>
		<dc:creator>jame</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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