It is a favorite assumption of the anti-vaccine movement that any opposition to their views is motivated by “pharma” dollars. In comments about Wakefield, I have observed a similar pattern in assumptions about his motivations. For example, a comment on “The Duty to Censor...
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The Lancet is one of the medical community’s premier journals. As such, tetting a paper into such a journal is a big accomplishment for any medical researcher. When Dr. Andrew Wakefield chose to submit his 1998 study to The Lancet, it is likely he wanted to put it in as high a profile journal...
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Letter to Neurotoxicology
The GMC’s ruling against Wakefield was followed in record time (in fact, preceded by) a publicity stunt of a complaint to the GMC about his trial. But, it seems that this is...
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