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Part Three: Dr. Bob: Maybe Even worse at being a Doctor than Andrew Wakefield

Behind the Bastards

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Chickenpox Parties Are a Good Idea, Right?

One of Dr. Bob's other big claims is the idea that natural infection is better than vaccination. So herd immunity is just as a concept non-existent in the anti-vaxxine crowd. Remember how in the 10th century Chinese doctors were giving people ground up scabs to snort? That's what Dr. Bob is advising. Yeah, oh, and this was good science like a thousand years ago.

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