Julliette Lewis asked her fans, to send “good vibes” to a friend diagnosed with the H1N1 virus. Mass prayer her cure of choice, she called the virus a pharmaceutical hoax, and instructed her followers to “fight the system”.

Is there any difference between Creationism and the swelling movement of scientific skeptics? They both ignore fact in favor of a hunch. Sure, we are an over medicated people, but lumping in Viagra and Nyquil with a life saving vaccine hints of fanaticism fueled by blind faith.

In his book “The End of Faith”, Sam Lewis quotes Hebrews 11.1: “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen”. By applying our assumptions to what we don’t understand, we give birth to a new religion.

Bill Maher made a great case against exactly this type of thinking with his movie “Religulous”. Ironically, by questioning the need for a swine flu vaccine, he became the high priest of the New Church of Biological Skeptics (The Church of BS). I love Bill Maher, but he is a self admitted food-Nazi who won’t even eat from a can. By letting his phobias guide his medical choices, he paved a way for the dim witted to chime in on the science of micro biology.

I believe in the power of positive thinking, meditation etc etc. I know processed foods are bad, and I have never gotten a flu shot. I’m pretty sure Juliette Lewis didn’t mean anything by it, but when resentment to big pharma puts prayer before science, I’m out. I hope Juliette Lewis’ friend ignores her and gets the vaccine.

After all, to fight the system you will need your health.

I’ll be playing the Roxy tonight with my band Noise Within at a Halloween party hosted by Shavo Odadjian of System of a Down, I’m the guy wearing a hazmat suit.