Had to bring the Skeptical Dog back out of retirement in order to help spread the story of someone so stupid, they don’t want their own words to be read or heard.

JB – Jeni Barnett
Tracy – a homeopath caller

JB: Now, now, now. I want to do this slowly because you’re going to have people phoning in saying you’re utterly irresponsible.

12 years ago when you had your first baby, why did you not have them inoculated?

Tracy: It started off, I went on a short course about, it was a choice, making a choice about vaccination. And it was run by a homeopath.

JB: But why did you go on that course in the first place?

Tracy: Because I had a feeling inside, I inherently knew, that it must be wrong to be putting toxins and poisonous material into a young baby’s body.

JB: Right.

Tracy: It’s as simple as that. Mercury, formaldehyde, you know – live viruses that are cured (?) in monkeys’ kidneys. How can that be right for your child?

Further on, this lovely bit establishes Jeni’s cluelessness firmly when she chats with a Doctor named Rob who sounds pro-acupuncture and pro-CAM, but also pro-vaccination.

JB: Well absolutely, but Paul has said-

RB: [sneezes]

JB: God bless you again my darling, you’re sneezing [unclear]

RB: Yeah, everyone’s given me a cold, people cough in my face and I get a cold-

JB: But you see there’s a point, I’m going to ask you something here. Have you had the flu jab?

RB: Yes I have.

JB: And still you’ve got the cold?

RB: I’ve got a cold but I haven’t got the flu, I’m not in bed unable to get out for a week.

JB: But why-

RB: That vaccine protects you from influenza, it doesn’t protect you from colds.