It appears that people who don't agree with opinions on Med Nauseum have flagged my blog as potential spam. I received a note from Blogger saying that their algorithms had flagged my blog as spam and that a Blogger employee would review my site. So far, no word back from Blogger. Funny thing is that I've been blogging for three years here, and have never been flagged before. I think it was not a spam-bot, but a human being clicking on the "Flag" icon that appears at the top of all Blogger blogs.I suspect the flagging occurred after I was invited to guest post on MOMocrats. My post Why Do Half of Americans Have Chronic Illness? was featured and it drew a couple angry comments from people not up to date on recent vaccine-autism news. The post was about all the reasons government policies have contributed to this public health crisis where half of us have chronic illness. But, of course some homed in on the small part of the post that mentioned vaccines and blew that up to grander proportions than I intended. The commenters were not familiar with the recent award to the family of Hannah Poling, a case where the government conceded that vaccines did cause her autism. This is the first case of proven "mitochondrial autism." It turns out that if there are others with autism and mitochondrial disorders -- and current studies estimate such disorders affect between 7 and 30% of kids with autism -- there could be as many as 70,000 to 300,000 Hannah Polings. Ouch. That's a big hit to vaccine-autism theories and to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund. As David Kirby says, Hannah Poling really does change everything.
Back to flagging. I found out this is not an isolated incident and some bloggers have left Blogger and moved to other blogging platforms due to this problem. Google, who owns Blogger, is actually shutting down both righty and lefty bloggers. Opinions are the essence of blogging. I find this outrageous in a country founded on the right to free speech.
It is exceedingly unfair that anonymous people can flag blogs as "offensive" just because they don't agree with the content. Blogs are all about editorial and opinion. Even so, I do exhaustive research before posting my views and link to published studies. Flaggers, get over yourselves and leave some comments if you disagree. And, Google, please fix this feature so that flaggers must identify themselves - it would save both of us a lot of work.
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What you write is so important---and I say that as someone who believes strongly that the environment and lifestyle we have here (both voluntary and involuntary) creates terrible illness. In fact, I put my actions where my words are and testified at an open EPA hearing. I've fought my way back to health over the last year (mostly) largely thanks to alternative medicine (diet, exercise, some supplements).
I'd be really sorry to hear if that came from our spot, this trouble, but I'd also be surprised. I sure hope not.
Hi Julie,
Thanks so much for your support of my blog's mission.
My teaching moment was getting sick and feeling 90 when I was only in my late 20s. I don't know if I'd been as much of a natural health advocate if I hadn't experienced the results personally. I don't wish illness on anyone, but people who've never struggled have a hard time getting on board with this thinking.
That is so awesome you testified at an open EPA hearing. We need millions of people just like you.
And then there is this sort of political idiocy at its best.
OMG, we criticize Bush for not being the sharpest tool in the shed, and want a more exemplary president. Now we criticize Obama for being in exemplary physique? Craziness! I'm sure this will blow over and become a joke. At least, I hope it will.
GREAT BLOG! You GO girl!
I do not understand why you would get criticism for expressing well-thought-out, intelligent views.... but I am all too aware that it happens. Some chronic problems are called "mental" and the underlying medical problems are ignored... up until you finally get a doctor (or you yourself) who finally figures it out. That is rather, "duhhhh"... but try saying that on some boards and people flip out.
What you are saying here NEEDS to be said!
THANK YOU!!!
Jeanie,
Thank YOU! I really appreciate having readers like you. Change in the system will not come unless there are more people like you who understand the truth and are willing to speak up about it.
YOU GO, girl!
Jeanie,
Thank YOU! I really appreciate having readers like you. Change in the system will not come unless there are more people like you who understand the truth and are willing to speak up about it.
YOU GO, girl!
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I stumbled on your blog today by way of a search on the possible connection b/t a mother with lupus having a child with autism. Your blog is amazing in its thorough research and conclusions, it's smart, well-written while keeping things in layman's terms, it's brave and wonderful. Nothing here to offend anyone at all.
**For what it's worth, please Google, don't "believe" the flags. This is indispensable research that can at the very least point people to medical journals and articles they wouldn't know existed were it not for Alix's blog.**
Joselle,
Great to hear from you. Thanks for your supportive comment - it's the thinking people like you who motivate me to keep going, to keep exposing when our habits or policies do not match the evidence.
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