Comments on: Wakefield, O’Leary and Bustin

By: Sullivan

Sullivan — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:24:28 +0000

Julian Frost,

thanks for that link.

I will note that this isn’t the Supreme Court but the United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. This is quite often the last appeal, since the Supreme Court doesn’t take on every case submitted. Since the Omnibus Autism Proceeding cases don’t involve questions of law, it is unlikely that the Supreme Court will take these cases should they appeal again.

By: Julian Frost

Julian Frost — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:52:38 +0000

The Hazlehurst Appeal just got flamed by the US Supreme Court.
http://www.leagle.com/unsecure.....0100513188

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» Why investigating Wakefield matters - Autism Blog, Web Design Blog — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:31:57 +0000

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By: Left Brain/Right Brain » Andrew Wakefield and the death of the MMR debacle

Left Brain/Right Brain » Andrew Wakefield and the death of the MMR debacle — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:25:38 +0000

[...] 8 of the testimony in the Autism Omnibus, Stephen Bustin – the leading world expert on PCR put a stake through the heart of the MMR debacle when he revealed that the testing done in Professor O’Leary’s lab on [...]

By: Justin Moretti

Justin Moretti — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:36:03 +0000

This is beautiful to watch. The people in charge here (the Special Masters) come across as being at the very least intelligent laypersons and at most better informed than some of the “expert” witnesses. Those who cannot give an answer supported by hard knowledge and carefully done science are finding life very difficult, it would seem.

Whatever the case, they are not being “blinded with (pseudo)science”, and are able to ask the right clarifying questions of the real experts (Bustin and co) to make their testimony intelligible to the layperson.

This is turning into a splendid example of (to quote Carl Sagan) “science as a candle in the dark”. And it could so easily have been the opposite.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:14:43 +0000

Oh so it finished early did it? Gee I wonder why? Did the prosecution run out of excuses? hehehehehehehehe!

By: Ms. Clark

Ms. Clark — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:33:53 +0000

I had all of the day 10 Dr. Brent cross examination by Chin Chaplan on my ipod yesterday. It was torture. I guess I was being masochistic. I wanted to check to see if she was as bad (dumb and annoying) as I had remembered. She was. There’s something like 2 1/2 hours of cross from Chin Caplan.

By: Kev

Kev — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:02:41 +0000

The case is about Theresa. The quackery however, is all Andy’s.

By: Brian Deer

Brian Deer — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:27:58 +0000

Cedillo v HHS ended today with the rousing words from counsel for the petitioners: “It’s not about Andy Wakefield. It’s about the Cedillos.”

So that’s alright then.