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Legitimate scientific studies have never shown a link between vaccines and autism. But it takes a long time to gather and analyze the amount of data those studies require. The latest study refuting the vaccine-autism link, published by the Annals of Internal Medicine in early March, was based on the medical histories o...
At the same time, scientific authority can be exploited by bad actors. The first peer-reviewed paper to indicate a connection between vaccines and autism, published by the medical journal The Lancet in 1998, turned out to be a fraudulent study whose principal author fudged the underlying data.
Yet it wasn't until 2010 that The Lancet completely retracted the paper, after the journalist Brian Deer published a lengthy exposé. In the twelve intervening years, the study sent vaccination rates plunging in the U.S. and U.K., and provided a fertile ground for vaccine-related conspiracy theories.
This dynamic occasionally extends to the vaccine court itself. Anti-vaccine groups have said its very existence shows vaccines are hazardous, and offered the $4 billion in court payouts as proof of widespread harm - even though the majority of the money was awarded in settlements where the court did not determine the p...
News coverage about vaccines hasn't always helped, either. In 1994, the Atlanta Constitution, the New York Times, and the Associated Press all reported that Miss America had gone deaf because of a bad reaction to a DPT shot. It took over a week for the Times to correct the record, pointing out that pageant queen Heathe...
Vaccines are not the most profitable things that drug makers can manufacture: estimates suggest it can cost from $135 to $500 million to develop a vaccine, and it takes anywhere from months (in the case of an annual flu vaccine) to well over a decade to perfect a vaccine formula. When it's all over, most vaccines are a...
Not vaccinating can be deadly. It can also be costly. One unvaccinated six year old in Oregon recently got tetanus when he cut himself while playing on a farm and had to be airlifted to the hospital. His final medical bill totaled near $1 million. Tetanus vaccines, on the other hand, typically cost less than $30 (witho...
Vaccines are meant to put our bodies on alert by triggering immune reactions to weakened and killed versions of the diseases they protect against. But in extremely rare cases, people can develop allergic reactions or auto-immune responses to vaccines that are dangerous. Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare but temporary d...
One such case was that of Wilma Gundy from Colorado. She told Congress that she was vaccinated for swine flu on November 26, 1976. "Three weeks later," she said in her testimony, "my feet, legs, arms, hands and the left side of my face and tongue began to turn numb. I felt as if I had been injected with Novocaine. Besi...
So far this month, the court has decided five different Guillain-Barré cases, all related to the flu vaccine. One was dismissed for insufficient proof, and the other four received lump sum payments in a range from $150,150.58 to $255,829.99. The highest award the court ever gives out for any kind of pain and suffering,...
The Special Masters work in DC, but often travel to meet clients and witnesses in courtrooms around the country.
Most legitimate vaccine cases the federal court sees aren't about the extremely minimal risks of vaccines. The vast majority are prompted by people who've been jabbed the wrong way with a needle. The court calls this a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA), and these claims account for half of all c...
More dubious claims stem from fears that vaccines cause autism - which, to be clear, is false - or result from people who've been injured by something other than a vaccine coming forward to claim cash.
"They're hard cases to deal with because you are dealing with people who are almost 100% of the time undeniably injured, the issue is just what caused that injury," Vowell said.
Recently, the court has started cracking down on some of the most egregious complaints. Take autism, for example. Last year, in a decision rejecting an autism-related petition originally filed in 2002, Special Master Brian Corcoran argued that "it is no longer reasonable for Program attorneys to bring such claims. If t...
"This matter has required nearly fifteen years to resolve," Corcoran explained. "In that time, no non-Table claims asserting autism as a vaccine injury have succeeded. Absent a shocking and unanticipated scientific research result that upends what is presently understood about the lack of a relationship between vaccine...
Kirkland says the vaccine court continues to fill a vital role: providing both people and vaccine makers with an extra layer of security in a teetering and perilously expensive health care system.
"We otherwise do so little for people with disabilities and those without a safety net for injuries and healthcare costs," Kirkland said. She believes that vaccine court wouldn't be needed if the US had a better health care system, because people with disabilities and injuries would simply receive the care they need, r...
"Vaccine court payments," she said, "are an unusual point of generosity in our otherwise very pinched and cruel system."
Amazon just took down a controversial documentary that links vaccines to autism. Doctors have known for years that it relies on sham science.
Despite recent rumblings in the stock market, the labor market remains as tight as it has been in years — with about seven million open positions and just under six million Americans currently looking for work. In some fields, the market is even tighter. STEM jobs (in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics),...
In these conditions, it’s no wonder that this month’s TINYpulse's 2019 Employee Engagement Report is called "The End Of Employee Loyalty" and finds that 43% of employees would leave their position for a 10% raise. They can. Economists say it’s time for employees who want to stay to negotiate with their employers for th...
In addition to upgraded parking, Friday pizza, and bouquets on birthdays, what specific perks can employers offer to keep their teams happy, productive and loyal? According to Wyzant, a Chicago-based tutoring platform, one unconventional answer to this conundrum is particularly effective: learning stipends.
At its simplest, a learning stipend is a cash benefit employees can access to pursue any kind of professional development or continuing education.
In addition to the $2,000 benefit, Wyzant lets employees use the company learning platform for unlimited access to work-related learning, gives them $200 per year, and adds a 50% discount for learning that it not directly related to their jobs.
Anecdotally, Wyzant’s learning stipends have proven effective at boosting employee retention and even improving their recruiting capabilities in an increasingly competitive market. “In interviews, potential employees often cite the learning stipend as a top reason they applied,” Geant notes.
The big-picture data suggests these results aren’t a fluke. Among millennials — who make up 35% of the workforce, the largest generational group — 87% consider potential career growth and development opportunity important when considering a job offer.
Surprisingly, while in 1979 the average employee received 2.5 weeks of training per year, by 2011, only one in five workers received any training at all. This is a bad trend generally, but it’s good news for employers who can distinguish themselves by offering educational and training-related benefits.
Highlight the benefit in job postings. Make such that jobseekers know right away that they’ll have access to employer-sponsored learning opportunities.
Communicate clearly how employees can take advantage of the stipend. For your company to enjoy the full benefits of a learning stipend, your employees have to actually use it – and feel that they are encouraged to do so. Go the extra mile to make it easy for them to take advantage of what you’re offering, and communica...
Tailor the stipend to employees’ wants and needs. Some industries – such as manufacturing – are changing in dramatic ways and require specific new skills from employees. Find ways to provide access to the kinds of learning that will make your employees more valuable to your company or let them follow their desired care...
Incorporate a learning mindset into the larger company culture. Continuous employee learning will benefit the entire organization, but getting employees excited about outside learning might not happen overnight. Communicating that “always be learning” is one of your core values can help address that. If your organizati...
Don't do Disneyland like a regular old tourist. The magic is in the details.
Sleeping Beauty's castle via Flickr | Evil Queen via Flickr | Teacup via Flickr | Lily Belle train car via Disboards.
According to this thread on Quora, there are some hidden secrets you should look out for on your next trip to Disneyland.
1. Look for Walt Disney's light at the Main Street firehouse — the light that never goes out.
"Walt Disney had an apartment above the Main Street fire house which he used with his family regularly. After his death, the light in the window which used to signal his presence in the park was, and still is, left on at all times." It is completely unchanged from the time Walt and his family lived there.
2. Ask for the special tender seat on the Disneyland railroad.
Approach the conductor at Main Street Station and ask if you can ride it. Once the next train comes, you'll be escorted past security to the front of the tender where there is a special (albeit small) seat for two.
3. Go see the park bench where Walt Disney originally conceived of the idea of Disneyland.
In the foyer of "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln," there is a park bench where Walt came up with the idea while watching his daughters play. This is the Griffith Park bench, and nearby is one of the actual carousel horses that his daughters used to ride.
4. If you ask nicely, you can ask to pilot the Mark Twain Riverboat.
You'll be directed to the wheelhouse, where you'll be allowed to steer the boat (which is on a track) and blow the whistle. You'll even get a special certificate afterwards.
5. When the park first opens, go to the Main Street Station and ask for a reservation to ride in the Lilly Belle train car.
"This train car is named after Walt's wife, who helped design it. It is lavishly decorated." Can you believe they'd let a schmuck like you ride Lilly Belle's train car??
6. Ride in the purple teacup in the Mad Hatter ride — it spins the fastest.
If you want to get extra dizzy.
7. If you try on a hat in the Mad Hatter gift shop, you might glimpse the Cheshire Cat in the mirror.
8. Look out for Walt and Roy Disney's initials, which are formed in the wrought-iron railing above the queue to the Pirates of the Caribbean.
9. For the adventure-seekers: Employ "the Goat Trick" for an extra-thrilling ride on Big Mountain.
Once you get to the second hill (the one with the snakes), start looking for the Billy Goat, who should be raised up on your right. Stare the goat down and don't take your eyes off of him. You'll experience a dizzy, disorienting feeling that will make the ride even more exciting.
10. There are two fun interactive things you should do at Indiana Jones.
1) Do the opposite of what the sign says and pull the bamboo pole. There will be a loud booming noise and it will seem as though the ceiling is caving in.
2) Do the opposite of what the sign says and pull the rope. It makes an unseen worker "fall" and voices will cry out from the well.
11. For a cool souvenir, ask for a death certificate when you enter the Haunted Mansion.
"Ask the host/hostess when you enter the foyer, and if you're lucky they'll tell you to come back to the front of the HM after your ride and they'll have 'em there waiting for you."
12. Listen for the hidden sounds.
• On the right side of Main Street, go into the alley where the ice cream stand is, and if you listen carefully, you can hear such conversation as a dentist drilling his patient.
• You can hear a voice paging an "Egroeg Sacul" in the queue for Star Tours, which is George Lucas spelled backwards.
• You can hear a voodoo lady above the restrooms that are near the New Orleans Square train station.
13. When you're getting off the Jungle Cruise, ask a cast member for a free map.
It makes a great keepsake for a child.
14. If you touch the apple at Snow White's Scary Adventures, the queen will laugh maniacally.
15. In one of the buildings in Fantasyland above the Snow White attraction, the Evil Queen appears in a window for only a few seconds every few minutes.
16. Creepy fact: There's just one real human skull left at Pirates of the Carribean.
When it first opened, there were human skeletons galore. Now, there's only one remnant left of human remains — the skull and crossbones located over the bed in the Captain's Quarters.
What Is Seeding on BitTorrent?
BitTorrent makes it possible to distribute large amounts of data among users cheaply and efficiently. Its technology removes the need for a centralized server. Sharing your bandwidth is a part of the BitTorrent community ethos, called seeding. Understanding seeding is vital if you're interested in this revolutionary fi...
A seed is a file that is ready for download. When you're done downloading a file yourself, if you make the file available for others to download, you are acting as a seeder. If you make another copy available to help others complete a partial download or start a new download, you are re-seeding.
The number of seeds a torrent has determines in part the torrent's download speed or health. Seeds are vital within the BitTorrent community, as a torrent cannot survive without others uploading the data. If you have previously downloaded a torrent and removed it from your BitTorrent client application, then re-downloa...
Before you become a seeder, you are referred to as a peer as the file downloads. BitTorrent technology enables you to both upload and download data at the same time on a single torrent, though often downloads complete more quickly than uploads. Leechers are those who connect to a torrent, download the data and then dis...
Seeding makes BitTorrent function efficiently. A file with too many peers and not enough seeds performs poorly and takes longer to download. Many private trackers -- those who enable the file uploads and downloads, though don't maintain copies of the file -- take this into account and impose download and upload ratios....
BitTorrent clients allow you to modify your connection setting to achieve optimal performance. By limiting upload and download speeds to within the ranges recommended for their connections, your overall service improves. SpeedTest.net (link in Resources) is a free service that examines your Internet connection and prov...
Tiger Woods nearly quit golf in 2017 and actually needed a nerve blocker in order to walk into the 2017 Champions Dinner at Augusta National before spinal fusion surgery allowed him to resume his PGA career.
Woods was speaking at Wednesday's Golf Writers Association of America awards banquet in August, Georgia, where he received the Ben Hogan Award for continuing to play despite a 'physical handicap or illness.
'I was done at that particular time,' Woods said, as quoted by ESPN.
Woods, who began Thursday's opening round of the Masters as the world's 12th-ranked player, was not in the top 700 during the 2017 tournament.
After the Champions Dinner, Woods sought help for his ailing back.
It was only a few months later, in May of 2017, that Woods was arrested in Jupiter, Florida on charges of DUI, reckless driving, and improper stopping. Toxicology reports released by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office showed Woods had several pain killers, anxiety calmer Xanax, a sleeping pill, and the active ingre...
He was sentenced to 12 months of probation.
Since that incident, Woods's health and his game have both improved.
Last September, Woods won the Tour Championship for his 80th career victory – his first win August of 2013.
'It was not a fun time,' Woods said of 2017. 'Tough couple of years there. But I was able to start to walk again. I was able to participate in life. I was able to be around my kids again, be at their games and their practices.
August 4, 2013 - Wins the Bridgestone Invitational for his 18th World Golf Championship title and 79th victory on the PGA Tour.
March 31, 2014 - Has back surgery and announces he will miss the Masters for the first time.
June 26, 2014 - Returns to the PGA Tour and misses the cut at the Quicken Loans National.
August 8, 2014 - Misses the cut in the PGA Championship and says he will take the rest of the year off, including the Ryder Cup, to get healthy.
December 7, 2014 - Returns at the Hero World Challenge and ties for last in an 18-man field at Isleworth, his home course, 26 shots out of the lead.
February 1, 2015 - Looking like an amateur with his short game, shoots 82 in the Phoenix Open to miss the cut. A week later at Torrey Pines, withdraws after 11 holes and says he could never get his glutes activated.
April 9, 2015 - Returns at the Masters, his chipping issues gone, and ties for 17th.
June 6, 2015 - Shoots an 85 in the third round of the Memorial, his highest score as a professional.
August 14, 2015 - Misses the cut in his third straight major at the PGA Championship.
August 23, 2015 - After sharing the 36-hole lead, ties for 10th in the Wyndham Championship and fails for the first time to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs when playing at least 10 times on the PGA Tour.
September 16, 2015 - Has a second back surgery.
October 28, 2015 - Has a third procedure on his back.
December 4, 2016 - Returns to competition at the Hero World Challenge, makes 24 birdies and finishes 15th in an 18-man field, 14 shots behind.
January 27, 2017 - Makes first PGA Tour start since the Wyndham Championship in 2015 and misses the cut at Torrey Pines.
February 3, 2017 - After opening with a 77 at the Dubai Desert Classic in calm conditions, withdraws before the start of the second round because of back spasms.
April 19, 2017 - Has a fourth surgery, this one to fuse his lower back.
May 30, 2017 - Woods is arrested and briefly jailed in Jupiter, Florida, on suspicion of DUI. Police find him asleep behind the wheel of his car in the early morning with the engine running. He attributes it to a bad combination of pain medication.