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Thursday, January 9, 2014

Rebecca Lee Carley

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To me, Rebecca Lee Carley (née Roczen) is one of the saddest figures in the anti-vaccine movement.  A woman of considerable ability early in her career, she seems to have slipped into significant untreated mental illness in her late thirties, after graduating from medical school.  The anti-vaccine movement has taken advantage of her MD to use this very ill woman as an authority, to promote their ill-founded ideas.

Carley first developed expertise in fetal echocardiography, and then attended medical school. Carley earned her medical degree in 1987, and from 1987-1991 was a surgical resident.  At some point during her residency, Carley developed the idea that vaccines were dangerous.   After leaving her surgical residency before the end of the program, Carley was briefly a resident in Physical and
Rehabilitation Medicine at Nassau University Medical Center in 1993.  The director of the program had significant reservations about Carley's "emotional stability".   Carley appears not to have worked in the medical field in any capacity (other than self-employment) since the early 1990s.

Carley's only child was born in 1996, following several rounds of fertility treatment.  Carley was 42 at the time of her son's birth.  She separated from her husband shortly after the child's birth.

In 1997, Carley began broadcasting a public-access television program “What’s Ailing America?”, covering such topics as "vaccine induced diseases, police corruption and corruption in the courts."According to Carley, on of the reasons for the demise of her marriage was that her husband was offended by her broadcasts.  In June 1999 Carley and her husband were sharing custody and there was a dispute. Rebecca Carley felt that her son had been sexually abused by his father, while in his father's care.  The State of New York investigated, and exonerated the father.

Subsequently the boy was placed in foster care for several months. Rebecca Carley could only see her son during supervised visitation at the courthouse, during which Carley exhibited quite provocative behavior.  Following the finalization of the Carley divorce in 2000, Carley's son was returned to the custody of his father.  As best I can ascertain, Carley's son has not had any contact with his mother since 2003.

Beginning in 1999, Carley developed a Grand Scheme of the cause of all disease -- vaccines are a major culprit, as well as other "toxins".  The two alternatives are death by allopathy, or a return to wellness by using Carley's "Hippocrates Systems".


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I am not sure I can do justice to the Gish Gallop of atni-vaccine claims in the chart developed by Carley, below.  Suffice it to say that not one is evidence-based.

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But fear not, Rebecca Carley has developed the "Hippocrates Protocol" to heal what ails you. Yes, the one pseudoscience to rule them all, homeopathy; plus colloidial silver and other questionable "therapies".

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Carley also claims to have the following expertise:

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EXPERT WITNESS QUALIFICATION BY COURTS

Vaccine Induced Diseases (VIDS)
Child Sex Abuse
Child Physical Abuse
Post traumatic Stress disorder secondary to Legal Abuse
Expert in Vaccinology as per NYS Department of Health

After a search of legal databases,  I found no evidence for such Carley to be an expert witness in any legal proceeding.

Of course, the "vaccine induced diseases" is a figment of Carley's imagination. Her truncated training in general surgery over two decades ago would not prepare her to be an expert witness in pediatric abuse, either physical or sexual.  Her complete lack of training in psychiatry would also make her claim to expert witness status in PTSD quite silly.  And of course, a court doesn't declare a person an expert in vaccinology; one's peers do.

Here is a list of Carley's publications since 1995:


“Inoculations:  the True Weapons of Mass Destruction”, April, 2005.  On:  CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/od/ophr/cdcra/comments.htm .

“Inoculations: the True Weapons of Mass Destruction causing Vaccine Induced Diseases (An Epidemic of Genocide) NOT published in any medical journal (as it would be a conflict of interest for the pharmaceutically controlled medical profession to admit they are creating disease).  However, this article has been published on thousands of websites, and many “alternative medicine” publications.

“Response Of Rebecca Carley, MD to CDC’s Public Health Protection Research Guide 2006-2014”, submitted Jan 2006.  According to the CDC, public comments will be “posted in near future” (still waiting for that to happen; the internal link to my document on the CDC site which initially existed for CDC affiliates to respond to it has since been disabled by the CDC after 100 pages of comments were submitted which were unable to refute the contents of said paper).



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Anti-vaccine checklist: how does Carley score?
  1. Claiming that all vaccines are unsafe and ineffective Yes
  2. Claiming better sanitation and nutrition account for the 20th century decline in vaccine-preventable diseases  Maybe or Undetermined
  3. Claiming that vaccines cause diseases and conditions such as autism, asthma, SIDS, or shaken baby syndrome Yes
  4. Claiming that anecdotal evidence is superior to scientific evidence; rejecting science and epidemiology Yes
  5. Cherry picking and misrepresenting the evidence Yes
  6. Using  logical fallacies without shame in arguing Yes
  7. Conspiracy mongering Yes
  8. Silencing criticism (especially by deleting online material), rather than responding to it Yes
  9. (If in business) Profiting from the sale of products and services that spread fear, uncertainty and doubt about vaccines, or products and services that are said to be superior to vaccines and conventional medicine in preventing disease Yes
Score
8/9

 Summary:
I was under the misapprehension that Carley's mental issues had become obvious even to the anti-vaccine movement.

However, to my surprise Carley was quoted today as an authority.

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There is no dispute over whether or not mercury is a neurotoxin and that it can have a disastrous effect on brain development. A court qualified expert on vaccine induced disease, Dr Carley says that “Mercury is 1000 times more toxic than lead and is second only to uranium as the most toxic metal.” While mercury is present in multiple forms and comes from a vast number of sources it does not mean that autism or another pervasive developmental disorder cannot be exacerbated by the mercury in vaccines. The mercury emissions from massive coal burning operations in China can also contribute as this is now affecting the United States. This goes further to suggest what an enormously complicated issue autism is.
(This is not the time or the place to discuss the shortcomings of the article, or the fitness of the author,  Lara Stielow, whose previous employment was as a home health aide.)

Carley's value to the anti-vaccination movement is her M.D. degree; her willingness to profess qualifications she does not possess; and her support of others in the anti-vaccination movement.


 Disambiguation:
There is another Rebecca Carley in health care, who is an assistant clinical professor of nursing at the University of Rhode Island.  There is even a slight physical resemblance. This page is not about Professor Carley.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Sallie Ottavino Elkordy

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Sallie O. Elkordy, while a long-time activist, is a relative newcomer to the anti-vaccine ranks.

As of 2013, she and her sisters were the principals in a New York based stone-working company started by her grandfather, Adamo Ottavino, in 1913. The Managing Partner is her husband,  Muhamed Elkordy.

According to her family company's website,
"Sallie Ottavino Elkordy holds a Master of Architecture degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from New York University.  Also known as "Sillie Sallie", she is the founder/director of the Museum of Comedy, a non-profit organization serving hospitals and homeless shelters throughout NYC.  Mrs. Elkordy has produced over 900 comedy shows on her "Mission of Cheer" since 1993. 
Somewhere along the way Ms. Elkordy began believing in a number of highly implausible conspiracy theories, such as "chemtrails" and a secret masterplan to "geoengineer" the world. 

In 2011, Ms. Elkordy ran as an independent write-in candidate  for the 9th New York Congressional District in Brooklyn and Queens. The campaign did not succeed.

In 2012, Ms. Elkordy launched the "Billion Toddler March for Survival" and a campaign to ban vaccines in New York, claiming

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Hi everyone, vaccines are injuring and killing our children.  I am beyond concerned with the current vaccine schedule because 49 vaccines are being recommended up to age six. Consider that one shot to an infant is the equivalent of 30 to an adult on the same day and you will get the full impacto f the threat that vaccines pose to our children. The legislation I have written on my blog http://billiontoddlermarchforsurvival.blogspot.com states the ingredients (which are poisonous) and the disease that result from these ingredients as well as the intent to cause these diseases.



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Proposed Legislation, ”BAN VACCINES 2013!”
Submit to Legislators at all levels of Government because of the
1) Ingredients, or 2) Diseases, or 3) Intent, or all three reasons:
1) TOXIC INGREDIENTS FOUND IN VACCINES: * aluminum hydroxide * aluminum phosphate * ammonium sulfate * amphotericin B * animaltissues: pig blood, horse blood, rabbit brain * dog kidney, monkey kidney* chick embryo, chicken egg, duck egg * calf (bovine) serum * betapropiolactone * fetal bovine serum * formaldehyde * formalin * gelatin *glycerol * human diploid cells (originating from human aborted fetaltissue) * hydrolized gelatin * mercury thimerosol (thimerosal,Merthiolate) * monosodium glutamate (MSG) * neomycin * neomycin sulfate *phenol red indicator * phenoxyethanol (antifreeze) * potassiumdiphosphate * potassium monophosphate * polymyxin B * polysorbate 20 *polysorbate 80 porcine (pig) pancreatic hydrolysate of casein * residual MRC5 proteins * sorbitol * tri(n)butylphosphate * VERO cells, a continuous line ofmonkey kidney cells * washed sheep red blood (source on page 2 of http://www.reversingvaccineinduceddiseases.com/files/3638448/uploaded/Physicians-Warranty-of-Vaccine-Safety.pdf) plus * LIVE VIRUSES * recently, ANTHRAX Vaccine has been approved for testing on Children (subsequent to The Presidential Commission on BioEthics meeting of 1/15/13)
2) DISEASES FROM VACCINES: * Allergies * Asthma * Attention Deficit Disorder
*Autism * Auto-immune Diseases * Blindness * Brain Cell Loss *Cancer * Central
Nervous System Damage * Deafness * Developmental Damage *DEATH * Diabetes
* Epilepsy * Learning Disabilities * Leukemia * Multiple Sclerosis * Neurological
Disease * Organ Disease * Psoriasis * Seizures * Shaken Baby Syndrome
* Synergistic Toxicity * SIDS * Total Paralysis * All Diseases in Internal Medicine
3-A) INTENT: “The Vaccine Hoax is Over” by Andrew Baker about FOIA findings.
Dr. Tomljenovic's full paper can be downloaded here on pdf format:
http://www.ecomed.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/3-tomljenovic.pdf"Freedom of Information Act in the UK filed by a doctor there has
revealed 30 years of secret official documents showing that government
experts have
1. Known the vaccines don’t work
2. Known they cause the diseases they are supposed to prevent
3. Known they are a hazard to children
4. Colluded to lie to the public
5. Worked to prevent safety studies
Those are the same vaccines that are mandated to children in the US.”
Full article by Andrew Baker with recommended ACTIONS (see items 1 and 2):
http://foodfreedomgroup.com/2012/09/29/the-vaccine-hoax-is-over-by-andrew-baker/

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Petitioned Congress
VACCINE VICTIMS MEMORIAL on the National Mall in Washington, DC
Petition by
SALLIE O. ELKORDY
NEW YORK, NY
Our Government has been coerced into believing that Vaccines are beneficial, although there is a preponderance of evidence to the contrary. Children, above all others, have been targeted to receive these inoculations and we must stop further vaccine related injuries and death by raising awareness in honoring these children. October is International Vaccine Injury Awareness Month, so let's try to have our own National Memorial to Vaccine Victims installed by October of next year (2012). A design competition will commence in October 2011 and parents of vaccine injured children and architects will evaluate the designs to choose a suitable Memorial to all the children. The idea of a Memorial to Vaccine Victims was inspired by http://www.NVIC.org.  International Vaccine Injury Awareness Month was created with http://TruthAboutGardasil.org .
Thanks to Congress for taking action to raise awareness about Vaccine Injury as a preventative measure, by proposing and passing legislation which will permit the construction of this memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC..

All of the above is nonsense, of course.

Some of the people Sallie Elkordy likes and promotes:



To summarize, I think we can safely say a person or organization is anti-vaccine if he or she exhibits at least three of the following points.
  1. Claiming that all vaccines are unsafe and ineffective Yes
  2. Claiming better sanitation and nutrition account for the 20th century decline in vaccine-preventable diseases Unknown
  3. Claiming that vaccines cause diseases and conditions such as autism, asthma, SIDS, or shaken baby syndrome Yes
  4. Claiming that anecdotal evidence is superior to scientific evidence; rejecting science and epidemiology Yes
  5. Cherry picking and misrepresenting the evidence Yes
  6. Using  logical fallacies without shame in arguing Yes
  7. Conspiracy mongering Yes
  8. Silencing criticism (especially by deleting onlin material), rather than responding to it Unknown
  9. (If in business) Profiting from the sale of products and services that spread fear, uncertainty and doubt about vaccines, or products and services that are said to be superior to vaccines and conventional medicine in preventing disease No
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7/9

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Elkordy would be a trivial figure in the anti-vaccine movement if it weren't for how well-funded she is.  She amplifies other second-tier figures (who we will discuss later) such as Rebecca Carley, "Madame Ghis" (formerly Ghislaine Lanctôt) and others. 

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Lowell Kevin Hubbs

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Lowell Hubbs is a resident of South Dakota who has made it his life's mission to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) about the safety and efficacy of vaccines.

Mr. Hubbs has been a frequent commenter on blog posts and mainstream media posts about autism, or about vaccination issues, for the last decade.

His comments consist almost entirely of fact-free rants, conspiracy theories, and insults to others.

Evidently, Mr. Hubbs has a high school diploma and no further education in science or medicine (source).

In 2011, Mr. Hubbs falsely claimed that his site, lowellsfacts.com had been taken down by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Here is an analysis of the facts of the matter at Ars Technica, No, ICE didn’t seize your domain; you’ve just been punked.

Mr. Hubbs is a great fan and supporter of other anti-vaccine second-tier figures such as Mary Tocco and Sherri Tenpenny, who we will cover in later posts.

Mr. Hubbs has several (perhaps as many as five) convictions for Driving Under the Influence (DUI).  This post has images of several of the convictions.

 To summarize, I think we can safely say a person or organization is anti-vaccine if he or she exhibits at least three of the following points. Let's tot up Mr. Hubbs's score
  1. Claiming that all vaccines are unsafe and ineffective Yes
  2. Claiming better sanitation and nutrition account for the 20th century decline in vaccine-preventable diseases Yes
  3. Claiming that vaccines cause diseases and conditions such as autism, asthma, SIDS, or shaken baby syndrome Yes
  4. Claiming that anecdotal evidence is superior to scientific evidence; rejecting science and epidemiology Yes
  5. Cherry picking and misrepresenting the evidence Yes
  6. Using  logical fallacies without shame in arguing Yes
  7. Conspiracy mongering Yes
  8. Silencing criticism (especially by deleting onlin material), rather than responding to it Yes
  9. (If in business) Profiting from the sale of products and services that spread fear, uncertainty and doubt about vaccines, or products and services that are said to be superior to vaccines and conventional medicine in preventing disease No
Score:
8/9. 
Summary: 
Hubbs is a would be a trivial, if offensive, figure in the anti-vaccine movement if it weren't for how active he is in comments. His false allegations have to be countered, even if they aren't in shouting distance of reality.


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