- Date – October 25th 2011
- You can send in your cool Science Shoutout to hosts@skepticality.com
Skeptic History Notes
- Senator Royal S. Copeland was born November 7, 1868.
- The AMA created a Committee on Quackery on November 2, 1963.
- Journalist James Reston was born November 3, 1909.
- TIME covered alternative medicine on its cover on November 4, 1991.
- The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act was enacted October 25, 1994.
- Jacobson v. Massachusetts settled that mandatory vaccinations were constitutional in the U.S.
- The Anti-Vaccination League of America was created at a meeting October 19-21, 1908.
- The Vaccine Revolt in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was from November 10 to 16, 1904.
- You can read daily Skeptic History facts on Twitter or Facebook or download the free JREF iPhone app.
Interview
- Dave Daigle is a Media Relations Coordinator for the CDC.
- Dave came up with the 'Zombie Preparedness' campaign, it even includes a graphic novel.
- The Zombie idea became a big hit on the CDC relations blog.
- Idea was about natural disaster preparedness and planning.
- Dave and Ali Kahn were guests at Dragon*Con Skeptrack to talk about 'these are the ways the world wil end'.
- For health, and other CDC alerts sign up for alerts via e-mail, mobile device, Twitter, or in podcast form.
- Dave was important in setting up the vaccine clinic at Dragon*Con and other places.
- Always consult the CDC vaccine guide when travelling and to be sure you are up to date on your shots.
- Follow Dr. Kahn on Twitter.
- Order your own cool Zombie Preparedness poster.
- Watch "My Universe Revolves Around You" the cool video!
- Song by Danny Tieger.