In a public statement, Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey claim that "Dr. Andrew Wakefield is being discredited to prevent an historic study from being published". ...
We've had a lot of discussion on Dr. Wakefield and his retracted paper. But seeing the actual paper with big red letters saying "RETRACTED" ...
The subject of twins and autism concordance comes up on LeftBrainRightBrain periodically. I find the questions raised to be very interesting and I've said ...
The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) has posted the revised "Strategic Plan". This is the document which is supposed to guide US Government funded ...
Kev put it well--"Andrew Wakefield – what were you expecting to happen?". I doubt many people expected a different outcome than, "dishonest" and "Irresponsible". Kathleen ...
One subject that has been discussed on this blog a number of times is the birthday party for one of the Wakefield children, where blood ...
Forbes Magazine has an article, Stars Vs. Science, From Jenny McCarthy to Tom Cruise, some Hollywood hot shots are leading a war against modern science. ...
All I can offer is my own opinion, so thats what follows. Unlike some bloggers I'm not interested in a lawyerly fillibuster designed to 'win ...
A year ago I spent a lot of time blogging about Barack Obama. As the U.S. election neared, I liked what I heard from ...
Hey, I didn’t say it. Mike Adams, “The Health Ranger”, out at NaturalNews.com said it in a blog post called, The Lancet retraction of vaccine autism paper condemned as Big Pharma conspiracy to discredit Dr. Wakefield.
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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...
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...
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...
