Quoth the Court of Justice of the European Union: “ Let ’ s make it easier for plaintiffs suing for “ vaccine injury ” to prevail! ” Or not. I can ’ t tell for sure.

The Court of Justice of the European Union just issued a muddled ruling being proclaimed by clickbait headlines as allowing courts to blame any disease on vaccines without evidence. It does nothing of the sort, but it is concerning nonetheless, as it is confusing and does appear to lower the bar of evidence for vaccine injury claims. That's plenty bad enough.

Source: Respectful Insolence - June 22, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Politics Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking causation Court of Justice of the European Union law legal decision multiple sclerosis vaccine Source Type: blogs