I think she meant, "As a Radio Presenter with my Own Show, I should be allowed to say what I want to say and anyone who is offended by it should STFU." Reply
If the date is forthcoming and the broadcast can be live-blogged, live-tweeted or followed with something like Cover It Live (if there are other tools, please speak up) then this might be an interesting exercise. Reply
I see Richard Lanigan disagrees with you… "I have always considered myself a sceptical person. So when I was asked to vaccinated my children I asked to see evidence that vaccinated children were healthier than unvaccinated. No one could produce this evidence and we declined the invitation." It looks to me like he's saying, "ever since we locked the gate, no horses have bolted, so we obviously don't need to keep it locked." Herd immunity be damned. Reply
As someone who has been vaccinated and had my children vaccinated recently I was hoping to have a vaccine for swine flu when it became available. I thought I would look into the efficacy of the influenza vaccine. I have to say I was surprised that the research was at best inconclusive for efficacy, perhaps being no more effective than placebo, and there was virtually nothing on it's safety. This piece in the BMJ neatly summarises the situation: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7574/912 Surely we should require this, which is after all given to our most vulnerable population including children, to be subject to the same standards that we want to apply to say, Osteopathy? Reply
Jeni B discussing swine 'flu. Hmm. Be afraid. Be very afraid. I wonder if we can expect lots of natural health mums banging on about swine 'flu parties for Max and Tamsin? Reply
Still, though. It can't be much worse than the recent discussion of swine flu on, um, Loose Women. They started banging on about swine flu parties (making it seem as if these are actually taking place – we don't know if they are at this time) and one of the Loose Women was very anti- the idea of a swine flu vaccine. (I can't believe I just admitted to watching an episode of Loose Women.) Reply