Erwin himself freely admits that he has no medical qualifications to speak of, but that doesn’t stop him from dishing out the medical advice. His explanation? He has a functioning brain and has read a lot on vaccination. Whilst I don’t doubt that he has read vast quantities of vaccination articles, I do doubt the quality of his reading material after following some of his recommended links.
Which is why I get so upset when I see Erwin-not-a-doctor-Alber give advice like this:
He is asked for his opinion on post-rabies exposure treatment. There is, of course, a rabies immunoglobulin available for post-exposure in unimmunised people, but he avoids this topic as it might require him conceding that there is some merit to this whole immunological debate. Instead, he is adamant that he would not receive the vaccine. He continues to share his interesting ideas and poses the question, “I also wonder if people die of rabies because of [sic] they have like all of us been wrongly led to believe that rabies is invariably fatal.”???
Now, that was possibly a rhetorical question, but it might be fun to have a look at this mild little annoyance called rabies.
Hmm, the World Health Organisation seems to think that “once symptoms of the disease develop, rabies is nearly always fatal.” Nearly always fatal – that doesn’t sound good. And this is coming from the World Health Organisation. Do you think they might know something that Erwin-not-a-doctor-Alber doesn’t? Or are 55000 people convincing themselves to death each year?
Vaccination Misinformation 