AUSTRALIA – With the recent awarding of a PhD to an anti-vaccine advocate whose thesis boiled down to nothing more than fraudulent research and epidemiological errors, more and more anti-vaccers are getting into the PhD game.
“I had no idea you could get a PhD without being very smart,” said anti-vaccer Susan Norken. “It’s a very exciting time to be an anti-vaccer. Up until now, my only PhD was one I bought online.”
Anti-vaccine blogger Jake Crisby is also pursuing a PhD somewhere in Texas, at a university where his uncle is a faculty member. His father also reportedly helped him get accepted, having made large donations to the university from the money he made working for Monsanto.
PhD’s used to be considered the top academic degree one could be awarded, but with the recent rash of anti-vaccine science-illiterates obtaining them, they may soon go the way of the Bachelor in Philosophy degree…
As more and more pro-science and pro-education advocates are coming forward to scorn the universities who are handing out these unearned degrees, anti-vaccine advocates are claiming they are part of yet another conspiracy.
“If anyone doesn’t toe the Big Pharma company line, they are raked over the coals,” said anti-vaccine and diploma mill graduate Jeff Reed. “I guess the only blessing is they will get natural immunity to coal.”
