I find it hard to believe that you, Mott, would praise the science hating Green Party.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...-science-campaign_us_57a92f2ce4b02251db3ff3a8
Here’s what Stein, a medical doctor, told the Washington Post:
“There were concerns among physicians about what the vaccination schedule meant, the toxic substances like mercury which used to be rampant in vaccines. There were real questions that needed to be addressed. I think some of them at least have been addressed. I don’t know if all of them have been addressed.”
Notice the Trumpian ending. Stein just doesn’t really know if vaccines are totally safe. This is disturbing stuff, given a trend of vaccine skepticism being promoted by medically illiterate celebrities and known fraudsters like Dr. Joseph Mercola, who’s been repeatedly warned by the FDA over federal law violations.
Stein was directly asked about the Green Party stance on vaccinations in a Reddit AMA and replied, “I don’t know if we have an ‘official’ stance.” She then continued with a paragraph full of conspiratorial fear-mongering about regulatory agencies, a favorite target of the anti-science homeopathy and “alternative medicine” movements.
Recently, Stein went so far as to suggest wireless signals are bad for children’s brains and punctuated her reckless statement with this alarmist soundbite: “We make guinea pigs out of whole populations and then we discover how many die.” (Apparently, for all Stein is vehemently against, casual references to animal testing doesn’t make the list.)
The stunning lack of medical and scientific literacy, from a seasoned medical professional who certainly knows better, continues in her food policy. Her official platform states, “Label GMOs, and put a moratorium on GMOs and pesticides until they are proven safe.” This is absurd, as GMOs have been repeatedly found to be safe. There’s zero serious scientific debate on this point, because the evidence is in and results are clear. GMO crops could save hundreds of thousands of children’s lives in a single year. Stein is trying to stop their development to satisfy anti-science extremists.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/16/politics/jill-stein-vaccine-gmo-science/
