Thanks, Rose,

Back to the topic: Exposing Obscurantism

A while back I commented on the cheerleader Desiree Jennings. I'm not sure who posted the original message - it might have been me, or I might have just commented on that posting. Anyway, at that time, someone corrected me or at least informed me that it wasn't at all clear that the cheerleader's condition was caused by the vaccine. I can't recall the exact conversation.

In any case, it looks like it might have been caused by the vaccine, but probably not for the reasons imputed by innumerable web sites. It's looking like this was probably psychogenic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiree_jennings

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/11/desiree_jennings_cured.php

None of the experts on dystonia who saw the video thought it was actually dystonia. They all believed it was psychogenic. "Psychogenic" does not mean the problem is not real. What it means is that brain is playing tricks on the body.

As usual, the obscurantists are having a field day.