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Did Andrew Wakefield plan to develop “vaccine alternatives”?

Friday, January 29th, 2010

One question that has been actively discussed here on LeftBrainRightBrain is whether Dr. Wakefield’s patent covered the use of his “transfer factor” as a preventive vaccine against measles. This is important because it would indicate an undisclosed conflict of interest. One of the charges the General Medical Council investigated had to do with a proposed [...]

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Wakefield’s Inquisition: Abuse of the legal system and media by anti-vaccine doctor

Friday, January 29th, 2010

As the GMC approaches a verdict on the misconduct of Andrew Wakefield, anti-vaccine sources are engaged in a concerted effort to make the “doctor” into a martyr rather than a failed researcher. It is vital to ensure that the general public is not in any way lulled into sympathy for the “doctor”. In my judgment, [...]

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GMC on the birthday party blood draws

Friday, January 29th, 2010

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 samples were taken from children for research purposes. Given that, and given that one key part discussed here has been found “not proved”, I thought I would use that as [...]

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General Medical Council hands down first decision on Andrew Wakefield

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

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 Seidel at Neurodiversity.com has blogged this as well U.K. General Medical Council Rules Wakefield & Co. “Dishonest,” “Irresponsible”. You can read the decision for yourself at Neurodiversity.com. Dr. Wakefield has [...]

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