· alternative medicine, Skepticism, YouTube · 10 Comments · November 11th, 2009

Nerdfighters on Vaccines and Desiree Jennings

I like a lot of talented people who aren’t well known as Skeptics-with-a-capital-S, and when these people insert skepticism into their work, it makes me beam with pride. John and Hank Green are two brothers who chat back and forth via YouTube videos, much to the delight of their gads and gads of Nerdfighter fans. The other day, John posted this video about the H1N1 vaccine craziness over the cheerleader who supposedly had dystonia after getting her flu shot and was magically cured by a quack. Regular Skepchick readers probably know this info, but John is very entertaining and it’s awesome to know that he’s disseminating this info to a wider audience. Enjoy:

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Rebecca Watson

Rebecca leads a team of skeptical female activists at Skepchick.org and appears on the weekly Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast. She travels around the world delivering entertaining talks on science, atheism, feminism, and skepticism. There is currently an asteroid orbiting the sun with her name on it. You can follow her every fascinating move on Twitter: @rebeccawatson.

10 Comments

  1. elizabethwas

    11.11.2009

    John Green is made of so much awesome, it is insane.

  2. Katherine

    11.11.2009

    /nerdgasm/

    Why did I ever stop watching them?

  3. SusanJ

    11.11.2009

    LOVE him!

  4. Vengeful Harridan (Elexina)

    11.11.2009

    Wait, I must have missed the “cured by a quack” part!

  5. Sharktamer

    11.11.2009

    The content is good, but I can’t help but find the moving around the room mid sentence thing disconcerting. Everyone needs to stop copying this format and let it die.

  6. Sam Ogden

    11.11.2009

    Why do those guys fight nerds?

    Seems unnecessary.

  7. Siveambrai

    11.11.2009

    I love their podcast… to the point I went back and watched 2 years of back content.

    However, I find the waffling done by John regarding the value of vaccinating very troubling. In general the brothers support science and rationalism but to avoid making the logical statement because you don’t want to upset people is bull.

  8. Merchickety

    11.11.2009

    I fucking love the vlogbrothers, seriously.

  9. daedalus2u

    11.11.2009

    This quack also gave children vineger and garlic via IV.

  10. Teeter

    11.12.2009

    @Sam Ogden: “Why do those guys fight nerds?”

    They don’t they’re nerds that fight. Like freedom fighters fight for freedom.

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