IMO, Gary’s saving grace is that he can express righteous anger that doesn’t devolve into negativity. He’s actually a free thinker in a lot of ways. Like a real, looking-at-the-facts-and-making-up-his-mind-about-anything-and-everything free thinker. He’s very unique and judging him by a few clips on the infrawebs doesn’t give him a fair shake.

Hate him if you want, but get to know him first.

Everything you say about Null (and superstitious “alternative medicine”) is right on the money.

Here is my research into his bogus Ph.D.: http://lee-phillips.org/null/phd.xhtml

He got so angry in response to my writing about him (see your link to me in your first paragraph) that he challenged me to come on his WPFW show and debate him. I did, but he refused to debate the science, instead ranting continuously in response to my opening remarks until the show was over. Also, he and his people have repeatedly and publicly threatened to sue me for criticizing him, but so far that’s been just hot air. He does anger easily.

In short, he’s a class act. Thank you for your efforts in educating people about this dangerous and mercenary nonsense.

Re: “The DA filed complaints with the Health Professions Council of South Africa and the police. The Health Professions Council said it could not discipline Rath since its jurisdiction is restricted to registered doctors.”

Thanks. This is a good example to back up the ’soft medicine’ is dangerous argument.

Null’s views on Aids are enough to dispute any argument that he is someone with a few dodgy ideas that speaks some truth. He is a dangerous idiot.

Here’s a basic look at evidence of HIV as the cause of Aids
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/Factsheets/evidhiv.htm

Here’s Nulls documentary
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3983706668483511310

A good number of people featured there are associated with the Dr. Rath Research Institut, created by Matthias Rath who sells his own alternative treatments for Aids in South Africa and Eastern Europe.

Froth Rath’s wikipedia article.
The Democratic Alliance (DA), official opposition party in South Africa, accused Rath of misrepresenting himself as a medical doctor in South Africa. The DA filed complaints with the Health Professions Council of South Africa and the police. The Health Professions Council said it could not discipline Rath since its jurisdiction is restricted to registered doctors.

So again, here are people making money by spreading demonstrably false information. Not to get too wound up, but if there were a hell, there would be a special place there for these folks.

Here is a good source for real information to address the many vaccine conspiracy theories.
http://www.quackwatch.com/03HealthPromotion/immu/immu00.html

Studies were made, repeated and published in peer reviewed journals. The methods were transperent and repeatable. If anyone wanted to repeat the experiment and got different results, many journals would be happy to publish them. This is science.

What makes people like Null dangerous is that they tell people to disregard the science and buy something that they are selling instead. He perpetuates the anti-expert myth that Palin and others are selling, and is risking the lives of those who trust him.

Could he be correct? If he was, then it would be easy for a controlled study to prove the harmfullness of the established medicines and the usefulness and safety of his. Case closed.

I am angry at him for the same reasons I am angry at the Christian Scientists who’s children die of easily curable disease at an alarming rate. They have the excuse that they’re doing it for a misguided faith. This man, whether or not it is his primary motivation, is making an awful lot of money at it.