There’s a whole bunch of flat-earthers who insist despite all scientific evidence – both epidemiological and clinical – to the contrary that MMR causes autism. Jenny McCarthy for example. In the UK this belief started 10 years ago thanks to the pomposity of Andrew Wakefield’s grandstanding and utterly fact-free press conferences insinuating a link between [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Measles rising thanks to MMR/autism idiots
Saturday, November 29th, 2008Paul Shattock gets his Biatch on
Saturday, November 29th, 2008Alongside the error strewn Edelson piece that I already blogged about, Communication also ran a response from Paul Shattock that avoided Edelson’s mistakes of making factual errors about chelation and Tariq Nadama by simply going for a handbag wielding biatch attack more suited to Paris Hilton sulking about Nicole Ritchie wearing the same dress as [...]
Bad Science Part 2: Blinding
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008Continuing my ‘homage’ to Ben Goldacre’s excellent new book ‘Bad Science‘, this time we discuss Ben’s explanation of the scientific concept of Blinding. One important feature of a good trial is that neither the experimenters nor the patients know if they got the [thing we want to test] or the simple placebo sugar pill, because [...]
Stephen M Edelson gets it wrong, wrong, wrong…
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008Communication is the members mgazine of the UK’s National Autistic Society. In an issue earlier this year, Mike Fitzpatrick, GP and author had an extract from his latest book published. The extract touched on chelation and the death of Tariq Nadama. This prompted a bilious response this month from Stephen M Edelson in this months [...]
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- Redwood City teacher accused of slapping, kicking special needs students
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- Yale Daily News: Redefinition of autism sparks concerns
- Transcripts from the GMC hearings
- Estimating the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Conditions in Adults: Extending the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey
- Mother Jones: Rep. Dan Burton’s Legacy: Lots of Sick Kids
- Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule
- Joint ASAN-Autism Society Statement on DSM 5
- Generation Rescue’s tax form 990 for 2010
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- Health buzz on Redwood City teacher accused of slapping, kicking special needs students : lol teacher kicking...
- Sullivan on Redwood City teacher accused of slapping, kicking special needs students : Shannon, thanks for that. I...
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- The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear -- Grinker 168 (3): 332 -- Am J Psychiatry
- Jenny McCarthy: Still Sticking with Debunked Autism Theory and Using ‘Mob Mind’ as Excuse
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