“The View” host Jenny McCarthy was mocked for her campaign against vaccines after she tweeted the unrelated question, “What is the most important personality trait you look for in a mate?”
The response was swift.
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“Someone who vaccinates, b/c I’d want our kids to survive,” tweeted Seth Mnookin, author of “The Panic Virus,” which debunks claims by McCarthy and others that vaccines cause autism.
Added another critic: “While I do love getting diseases that were eradicated in the last century, I would say vaccinated is a trait I look for.”
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Said another: “Someone who respects that science isn’t on some secret malicious crusade to screw us over and that vaccinations save lives.”
Here are a few more replies.
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Though mountains of medical evidence contradict her, McCarthy has claimed since her son was diagnosed with autism in 2005 that vaccines are linked to autism. Her main evidence is a a study by a former intestinal specialist that the British Medical Journal has debunked as “an elaborate fraud.”
McCarthy tweeted Monday to her 1.13 million followers: “Thank you to all the haters who tweet my name. You make my Q SCORE higher and higher. It’s because of you I continue to work. Thank you! : )”
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A Q Score references public awareness of a celebrity, as well as his or her popularity. TheWrap recently published a widely-read report revealing “The Most and Least Liked Daytime Hosts,” which indicated that McCarthy’s popularity is actually not very high. The average celebrity scores a 15, and she has only a 7.