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This is a link post Jeni Barnett of LBC radio appears to be an idiot
Yes, it's a serious link, but you'll laugh with incredulity at her idiotic ramblings about the MMR vaccine.

This was originally posted at badscience.net but it got removed (probably to protect LBC radio). So here's the mp3 in all its wikileaks glory :D

For those of you who don't want to listen, have a picture of a puppy

mmm.... karma.
(I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 10:58, Reply)
This is a normal post What? What?!
"Is there something wrong with having mumps? Most people aren't that one in 15"

Idiot woman
 (I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:06, Reply)
This is a normal post The last few minutes are brilliant.
Here, have another puppy to lower your blood pressure.
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:17, Reply)
This is a normal post 404 puppy does not exist
Aaaargh the stress!
 (I helped save b3ta! t0ria has forgotten how this all works, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:30, Reply)
This is a normal post oh noes!
Here, have some more puppies.
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:07, Reply)
This is a normal post I only got as far as that quote

(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:33, Reply)
This is a normal post meh.
It doesn't improve much after that.
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:37, Reply)
This is a normal post (!)
Where do you fucking begin with someone like that.

I hope she faced a shitstorm for this.

And gets an incurable disease (which really hurts. For a while. Then gets better once she's learned her lesson.)
 (Papagato RackSpanner, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:21, Reply)
This is a normal post you begin
by poking her with sticks.
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:07, Reply)
This is a normal post
If she'd said this on the BBC, the papers and rival channels would be all over it, she'd have reporters camped outside her house and MPs complaining in the house of commons.

I don't know about an incurable disease, but she should definitely get the sack - I'm all for freedom of speech, but stupid people should not be put in a position where they are able to preach FUD to the populace.
 (SausageOfDoom, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 13:26, Reply)
This is a normal post I occasionally listen
to LBC in the mornings, when James O'Brien is on, especially for his mystery hour, but she makes my blood boil even if I hear one word from her!
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:25, Reply)
This is a normal post 'jeni' has a page about this very well informed debate:
www.jenibarnett.com/2009/02/mmr_and_me.php

of course, the only responsible thing to do is blame the christians & oliver reed
 (pissflaps. FSPW, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Moron
I really cannot stand this woman.
 (I helped save b3ta! Monty Propps, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:33, Reply)
This is a normal post I never used to have an opinion on her
but now i do :(
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:13, Reply)
This is a normal post That woman
is either incredibly naive, incredibly stupid, or I guess both.
 (The Oscillating Gibbon is eating curried squid, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:42, Reply)
This is a normal post It's 2009
but is that AD or BC?

People like her get my blood up.
 (badge 3.141592653589793238462643383279, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:47, Reply)
This is a normal post *points to puppy links* ^

(I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:21, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm forced to listen to that station most the day at work
It's not just her that;s ignorant. All the other presenters are as well. I think they do it just to get a reaction and maybe have more than the same 2-3 people phoning them.
 (I helped save b3ta! Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:48, Reply)
This is a normal post oh my word this woman is totally clueless
"I want to know what measles does - whats in the vaccine...."
Shes blatently an idiot that is almost extrappolating on a bandwagon.
She keeps saying things like "I'm no expert but..." etc etc.
My favorite one was about how the bad studies are being hidden from them but that because they are hidden she doesnt know what they are.

ARRRGH the women that has phoned in is a homeopath!!! AHHHAHAHAHAHA
 (I helped save b3ta! Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:48, Reply)
This is a normal post ban All Vaccinations!
They don't do any good.

I was one of the last of the generation that had to endure the fear of The Crippler - Polio.

But God, in his infinite wisdom, reached down from Heaven and banished it. Polio is now incredibly rare and the vaccination program had nothing to do with it. No Sir!

And TB. Tuberculosis. No, it's not a disease of potatoes, it was once a disease that crippled and killed tens of thousands of Brits per year. And again, God reached down and banished it to filthy heathens who couldn't afford vaccinations.

Or Smallpox. Vaccinations against Smallpox didn't eradicate the disease. It was God.

I'm not mad...

Cheers
 (I helped save b3ta! Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:06, Reply)
This is a normal post :)
Then it must be god punishing us for a reason... www.thatsfuckingstupid.com/index.php/2009/02/just-a-quickie-update/

No. No, I will not get angry. I will balance the stress with the cute.
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:11, Reply)
This is a normal post That's God
Punishing you for wickedness and believing in *SCIENCE*

On a more serious note, when I was a kid, before vaccines for measles, mumps and chickenpox, we used to have disease parties. If one kid got it their parents would have a party where all of the neighborhood kids would turn up with the specific intention of catching the bloody thing and getting it over with.

If you think I'm kidding, Google it.

Cheers
 (I helped save b3ta! Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:15, Reply)
This is a normal post saddly your right
they even did a south par episode about it
 (I helped save b3ta! Captain Pilchard The king of B-movies!, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:22, Reply)
This is a normal post
nice work with the mirroring of the offending mp3 as well.
 (Outraged_of_Reading tfs-sfw.com, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:22, Reply)
This is a normal post yeah
give it a couple of hours, there should be more sites hosting than the lawyers can cope with :D
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:25, Reply)
This is a normal post TB ay.,
Interestingly TB is back with avengence.
An interesting studys done in London GP surgeries published a few years ago showed that when testing was compulsory for all lung complications TB positive tests increased by 20%.
 (I helped save b3ta! Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Sweet Jebus she is such a idiot ...

(mrmatt is staging a 'dirty protest' on, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Triple M?
Is that what she said? Mubella? (4:35)

My uncle got mumps and had to have one of his bollocks off. That's how the story went anyway.

What if you are that 1 in 15? You die. Oh, and you also DID contribute to the spread of the disease before you popped it.

God aren't some people fucking stupid?
 (I helped save b3ta! Black Moon Not cracked, I'm all up to be., Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:11, Reply)
This is a normal post It's a disease that cows get
Moobella
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:13, Reply)
This is a normal post MORE COWBELL!

(I helped save b3ta! Black Moon Not cracked, I'm all up to be., Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:14, Reply)
This is a normal post clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang
clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang!
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:15, Reply)
This is a normal post The Truth Is
That mumps, in kids, is a minor problem.

In male adults it can kill or make you infertile.

Same with German Measles (Rubella). For males, no matter what the age, not normally serious. For women of a child-bearing age it can make them infertile.

When I was a kid, only girls where vaccinated against Rubella and that was around the age of 12.

Cheers
 (I helped save b3ta! Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:23, Reply)
This is a normal post and in the UK especially
there's the burden on the NHS. She doesn't quite understand that an outbreak of those diseases would essentially increase her taxes.
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:29, Reply)
This is a normal post Fuck The Taxes
I'm a big fan of the triple vaccine. Hell, I'm a big fan of vaccinations in general.

When someone is vaccinated against a specific strain of disease it means that, during an outbreak, there's less of a reservoir for the disease to infect or hide in.

Vaccination programs meant that some dude (it's late I'm I'm pissed) from the WHO was able to announce that humanity had done a first. We'd deliberately and systematically hunted down and destroyed a species of life. He said something like:

"As a Doctor, I'm elated, as a Philosopher, I'm appalled"

The disease? - Smallpox.....


Cheers
 (I helped save b3ta! Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:56, Reply)
This is a normal post and that sir, is herd immunity
In a group where, say, 95% of the people are immune, the chances of the unvaccinated 5% contracting the disease (or passing it on to each other) are so low that the disease just dies out.

Where there's only 62% coverage (like in London, where Jeni broadcasts her twaddle) then there's a good chance that the remaining 38% are going to pass the virus among themselves.
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 13:06, Reply)
This is a normal post I made myself listen to it all in order to really make sure that she is as completely negligent and ignorant as she seems,

(I helped save b3ta! Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:19, Reply)
This is a normal post You Shouldn't Have Bothered
She is.

Cheers
 (I helped save b3ta! Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:25, Reply)
This is a normal post it was worth it for the woman at like 40 mins in who rings in and basically tells her how ignorant shes being
I've complained to Ofcom.
 (I helped save b3ta! Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Fri 6 Feb 2009, 13:42, Reply)
This is a normal post you poor git

(I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:25, Reply)
This is a normal post I only got about 2/3 of the way through.
What utter drivel. What a complete moron. What a shocking inability to grasp even the most basic of scientific concepts. It's an insult to the public that this woman is even let on the radio. I feel sorry for her children. Let's hope they don't find out the hard way that some people are 'that 1 in 15'.
 (jlkgjsfhoj, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:57, Reply)
This is a normal post All presenters on LBC are idiots.
/Forced to listen to it at work blog
 (I helped save b3ta! BindiBaji, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 13:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Can some one who knows their way round the way from the interwebs
Start up a petition to get her removed from radio. Any fucktard who is part of the MMR hoax should be taken out side and beaten with a stick...
 (UltimateMonkey Ban this sick filth!, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 14:14, Reply)