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It is a long-standing tradition for many, particularly in Times Square, to ring in the new year with a kiss from a loved one or significant other or perhaps someone with whom sparks had flown throughout the night. The latter seemed to be the case for Jenny McCarthy on ABC’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, who the cameras caught in the first minute of the year locking lips with an NYPD officer she later explained just happened to be closeby.

My twitter feed blew up over the news that the study linking the MMR vaccine to autism had been declared an “elaborate fraud.” The study had actually been retracted a while back, but this makes it official. There have always been parents wary of vaccines, but this study is the one that started the ball rolling. Jenny McCarthy helped it grow into a giant snowball of panic. You know, Jenny McCarthy; former Playboy model, D-list actress and ex-girlfriend of Jim Carrey. She wasn’t in it alone. Oprah helped her spread the word. So did Larry King Live and The View. She was even on The Doctors, discussing the “debate” with doctors. She was a regular on our trusted TV shows; that is, after all, where you go when you have a book to promote.

Want to protect yourself from Swine Flu? A deep-cleansing enema might be you best option, well, if you get your health advice from Arianna Huffington’s network of friends/bloggers. This is just one piece of HuffPo health advice marched out by Salon’s Vital Signs columnist Rahul K. Parikh in a post called “The Huffington Post is crazy about your health.” No, literally, they’re crazy.