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Polio, Propaganda, and the War on Health - with special guest Dru Heaton

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Season 2 Episode 65

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Vaccines Unmasked, Part 3: Polio, Propaganda, and War on Health

Recorded: August 7, 2025

In Part 3, Peter and Dru tackle the story of polio and the vaccine myth that still shapes public opinion today. Was polio eradicated—or misdiagnosed? The conversation traces propaganda campaigns, vaccine injuries, and the eugenics philosophy of Jonas Salk, while revisiting the controversy around Andrew Wakefield and autism. At the center lies the principle of informed consent—and the fight to preserve it against a backdrop of fear and control.

Show Links:

Veterans Today: Anti-Vaxxers: Dupes or Terrorists? By Carol Duff, MSN, BA, RN February 14, 2019: 

https://veteranstoday.com/2019/02/14/anti-vaxxers-dupes-or-terrorists/

The Washington Post: Anti-vaxxers are dangerous. Make them face isolation, fines, arrests By Juliette Kayyem April 30, 2019: 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/30/time-get-much-tougher-anti-vaccine-crowd/

New York Times, Not Up For Debate: The Science of Vaccination By Aaron Carroll, M.D.. September 17, 2015: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/18/upshot/not-up-for-debate-the-science-behind-vaccination.html

Cochrane Library; Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 2. Art. No. : CD004407: Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children (Review):

ORIGINAL author’s conclusion: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004407.pub3/full

2021 UPDATED author’s conclusion: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004407.pub5/full

Will Libertarianism Die a Covid Death: 

https://www.heaton4arizona.com/covid-death.html

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