Author Archives: kill3rtcell

An analysis of Rose Lalonde’s MEOW DNA code

Posted on August 7, 2014 by kill3rtcell

My apologies to my regular readers, this is somewhat of a divergence from my usual subject matter – just click ‘back’ to get to previous posts on the top left above this article if you want to read one of my usual … Continue reading →

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But most of the people who got the disease were vaccinated for it!

Posted on July 20, 2014 by kill3rtcell

If you follow the social media postings of various anti-vaccination groups, you’ve probably seen them point to contemporary outbreaks of disease, and say something along the lines of: While the media seem to be pushing the line that the unvaccinated … Continue reading →

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Waning pertussis immunity in England/Wales, and bad reporting in Australia A new study has come out from the UK, assessing the case for the National Health Service adding an adolescent booster of the pertussis vaccine to the schedule. I’m sure … Continue reading →

Posted on June 26, 2014 by kill3rtcell | 1 Comment

The Anti-Vaccination Network’s talk at the Healthy Lifestyle Expo

Posted on June 4, 2014 by kill3rtcell

Yes, She Actually Said That On the 25th of May 2014, the spokesperson for the Australian Vaccination Skeptics Network (AVSN, formerly the Australian Vaccination Network), Meryl Dorey presented a talk, Vaccinations – Do They Really Save Lives? at the Healthy Lifestyle … Continue reading →

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Why as a researcher in medical science I oppose Hockey’s billions for medical research

Posted on May 16, 2014 by kill3rtcell
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Whooping cough bacterium loses expression of a key vaccine target

Posted on April 23, 2014 by kill3rtcell

This post is a discussion of the April 2014 study showing Australian pertussis bacteria to be losing expression of the vaccine target pertactin. The post describing the evidence that the pertussis vaccine does not increase susceptibility to parapertussis is here. … Continue reading →

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Death threats and threats of harm incited by the Australian Vaccination Network (NSFW)

Posted on January 3, 2014 by kill3rtcell
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‘Vaccine resistant’ pertussis – in a way, yes. In a more accurate way, no.

Posted on February 24, 2013 by kill3rtcell

This post is a discussion of the February 2013 report from Philadelphia that the pertussis bacterium may be losing expression of the vaccine target protein pertactin, and the implications of such a loss. A discussion of the April 2014 paper that found most … Continue reading →

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The whooping cough vaccine – doesn’t increase your odds of getting any kind of whooping cough

Posted on October 4, 2012 by kill3rtcell

The Bordetella species of bacteria Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis cause whooping cough in humans. B. pertussis – the bigger cousin – produces more severe symptoms more frequently, and for longer. In fact, while pertussis infection has an estimated 1/125 fatality rate in infants … Continue reading →

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Whooping cough vaccination, pertussis and parapertussis: forty times more likely to be misunderstood?

Posted on October 3, 2012 by kill3rtcell

Two Bordetella species of bacteria regularly cause the disease known as whooping cough in humans, Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis. Of the two, B. pertussis causes much more severe disease, with a rate of about 1 fatality per 125 cases … Continue reading →

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