Right. In fact, if you dilute it so much that there are zero parts per billion left, something like an “image” or “spirit” something will be left over that causes the healing. It really is crazy. (And, full disclaimer, my great grandfather was a Doctor of Homeopathy back in the early 20th Century.)

It’s core is the “like cures like” model of diluting shit in water, which is proven to be snake oil.

The evidence for vaccine safety is rock solid. To have a public platform and then choose to pander to the antivaxxers is reprehensible and it shows that she does not keep up with the literature i.e. is unprepared. She is an embarrasment to the profession not unlike deepak chopra or Dr. Oz

So then what the hell are you talking about? If Jill Stein supports mandatory vaccination, then shouldn’t your rant be directed at her?

Thanks for the answers. #1 is a deal-breaker for me, and while I’d never vote for a Republican for policy reasons, when I see someone like Romney or even one of the Bushes running, I tell myself that at least they have some experience in government to draw on. You could point out that Obama was a first-term senator…

“And no support Stein is anti-vax, just that she doesn’t trust corporations having a hand in the process.”

Official Green Party plank:
“Greens support a wide range of health care services, not just traditional medicine, which too often emphasizes “a medical arms race” that relies upon high-tech intervention, surgical techniques and costly pharmaceuticals. Chronic conditions are often best cured by alternative medicine. We…

Agree 100%. Another thing that confuses me is that vaccines are not Big Pharma’s moneymakers. Where they turn enormous profit is on medication for chronic conditions that you will take for the rest of your life, not on a couple of childhood jabs that will make you not die of measles. (ETA and that they subsidize…

I think Big Pharma is the devil too. I still don’t understand how rational people can just disregard facts and evidence and give into fears that have no basis in reality. The problem with big pharma is what it is (a collection of corporations with way too much leverage and way too much power) not what it sells (the…

Good God, woman, talk from both sides of your mouth a little more, will ya?

Notice she uttered the ultimate Lefty granola dog whistle - MONSANTO!

Not just anti-nuke..... she doesn’t seem to understand that there is a difference between nuclear reactors and nuclear bombs.

Wow, that is really an entirely unrealistic plan.

That’s similar to the man whose son developed polio from the live polio virus. Instead of going anti-vax, he worked with the ACIP and got them to switch to the inactivated polio in the US (other countries where it’s not practical still use live), because while it’s less effective, it’s safer and we have a much lower…

Cynical viewpoint (from someone who wishes like hell the Green Party was a viable option): she can’t come out and say vaccines are terrible because the science isn’t on her side and she’d never be taken seriously, but she can’t afford to say they’re not because she’d alienate the hippy granola crowd who are her base.…

Not just anti-nuke, but claiming we can switch to 100% renewables (without nuclear power) by 2030. Which is just... not even remotely possible. I’m a climate nerd, and I want to see action, but her plan is absurd.

“Big pharma” is not out to get you. Vaccines are for everyone's benefit. If you can't understand that, then I can't talk to you.

Here is a COMPLETE list of ALL the real questions about vaccines:

Any doctor that vacillates (and especially on record) on something as basic as vaccines should be stripped of their license for spreading misinformation. Her statements ar shameful, not just for a physician but also for someone who aspires to be able to set forth policy that could affect millions of folks.

She’s also anti-nuke and pro-all-the-GMO-nonsense. Even if she had a real shot at winning this and ensuring that Trump doesn’t get elected wasn’t vitally important, her policy preferences and the Green Party platform are reason enough to not vote Green.