The Skeptics' Book of Pooh-Pooh » Dr. Rashid A. Buttar http://scepticsbook.com Contains Reason. Not Excuses. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:48:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The case of Desiree Jennings – Steve Novella comments http://scepticsbook.com/2010/02/07/the-case-of-desiree-jennings-steve-novella-comments/ http://scepticsbook.com/2010/02/07/the-case-of-desiree-jennings-steve-novella-comments/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:17:18 +0000 Maggie http://scepticsbook.com/?p=2946 Readers may remember the case of cheerleader Desiree Jennings who claimed she contracted dystonia, a rare neurological disorder after receiving a flu shot*.

Steve Novella blogged about this before and if you want a more detailed explanation of the case I recommend you buzz on over to Neurologica. He also gives commentary in this story from Inside Edition about Desiree’s seemingly amazing “recovery”.

So is it a hoax? Take a look.

* although the report above says it was the “seasonal flu” just about every news story I heard, flip-flopped between the H1N1 and the seasonal flu vaccine, and sometimes even within the same report. Media FAIL.

Tip o’the hat to Scooter

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