Jeremy R. Hammond (not Jeremy Hammond, hacker and anarchist) is a wingnut conspiracy theorist writing for the “alternative” news website Personal Liberty and an antivaxxer. Hammond endorses the thoroughly debunked idea that vaccines cause autism (they don’t) and supports his position by refusing to acknowledge existing science or dismissing it as biased while promoting antivax anecdotes (case studies) and ‘studies’ published in predatory journals. So, can anyone “point to any studies in the medical literature that have shown that the HPV vaccine reduces the risk of developing cervical cancer”, asks Hammond, and yes, sure: we certainly can, but does anyone think Hammond will listen? Then he employs the antivaxx appeal to package inserts, and so on.
Diagnosis: No, we can’t be bothered to do much more. Hammond is presumably a relatively minor player, though you never know who might show up at a federal vaccine panel or as an official responsible for public health efforts these days, so best to record the name for future reference.
Hat-tip: Skeptical Raptor
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