In a span of 72 hours, the Cleveland Clinic has fallen from being regarded as one of the top medical institutions in the country to a near 'trending topic' on twitter (and the hashtags are not good.) At the center of the backlash is a blog post written by the medical director and chief operating officer of the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute, Dr. Daniel Neides. The details of the post have been described, and appropriately challenged, in full detail by our own Dr. Josh Bloom in his article, The Fool at The Cleveland Clinic.
In essence, the blog post was a bunch of anti-science quackery as Dr. Neides opined on toxins, chemicals and food.
But, what caught people's attention were not the ignorant comments about chemicals in the environment - it was his opinions on vaccines. The completely justified public evisceration of Dr. Neides shows that over the past (almost) 20 years, that one issue has evolved into THE scientific issue that draws a line in the sand.......To Read More.....
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