User:Jardouin/Jim Carrey
Carrey has been a critic of the scientific consensus that no evidence links the childhood MMR vaccination to the development of autism, and wrote an article questioning the merits of vaccination and vaccine research for the Huffington Post.[1] With former partner Jenny McCarthy, Carrey led a "Green Our Vaccines" march in Washington, D.C., to advocate for the removal of of supposedly toxic substances from children's vaccines, out of a belief that children had received "too many vaccines, too soon, many of which are toxic."[2] The rally was critizied by David Gorski, an American surgical oncologist on Science Based Medicine website for being anti-vaccine, not “pro-safe vaccine”[3] and by Steven Parker on WebMD website for being "irresponsible"[4] In July 1, 2015, after the signing of a new vaccination law, Carrey called California Governor Jerry Brown a 'corporate fascist' who was poisoning children by signing into law the vaccination requirements. [5] He had to
- ^ "Jim Carrey: The Judgment on Vaccines Is In???". Huffington Post. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ Brady, Jonann; Dahle, Stephanie (June 4, 2008). "Celeb Couple to Lead 'Green Vaccine' Rally". ABC News. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ "Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, and "Green Our Vaccines": Anti-vaccine, not "pro-safe vaccine"". Science Based Medicine. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- ^ "Green Our Vaccines?". WebMD. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- ^ "Jim Carrey calls Gov. Brown a 'fascist' for signing new vaccination law". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 3, 2015.