Comments on: Laura Hewitson has left the University of Pittsburgh

By: Sullivan

Sullivan — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:50:30 +0000

Robi,

what are you asking for?....and, once again, keep to a single pseudonym please. I’ve lost count of the number you have tried.

A peer reviewed reference wouldn’t include that information.

By: Robi

Robi — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:31:49 +0000

for the record, I have never been paid for blogging here or elsewhere.
Perhaps, but do you have any peer-reviewed refs to prove it?

By: Sullivan

Sullivan — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:31:35 +0000

Chris,

yep, classic troll behavior. Probably a hit-and-run.

I hate to respond to trolls, but for the record, I have never been paid for blogging here or elsewhere. Clearly the “pharma shill” statement is a mere insult since it doesn’t logically follow from anything I have written.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:24:01 +0000

Oh, yawn! It is the old, tired and very boring Pharma Shill Gambit. How about something original, like some actual facts and evidence?

By: Catherina

Catherina — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:34:03 +0000

“well published” in the vanity press, no doubt.

By: Kev

Kev — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:13:03 +0000

You’re so right – I, for one, intend to amend my ways immediately. From now on I will believe anything and everything antivax asshats spoon-feed me. You’re my new hero.

By: justawellpublishedscientist

justawellpublishedscientist — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:15:57 +0000

Just how much do you mindless twerps get paid to sing and dance to the tune of big pharma? It cannot possibly be more than 10 bucks an hour – given the quality of the blogger contributions and standard for debate and/or argument in the comments section.

I stopped here on my way to do some light surfing on neurodevelopment, and I am revolted by the corporate fools that think that by seeding sites like these, meant to look like they are being hosted by the “science mom” and the punkish science enthusiast, they will get the “mindless masses” aka “parents of little children” to think, hey lookie there, even scientists and the general public think that we must drink the kool aid big pharma peddles on street corners and pediatric clinics…what the hell was I thinking, trying to think for myself.

Big pharma, I have no problem with. But you pathetic little (little) middle men and women just make me cringe.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:30:06 +0000

I hope this has been cleared up.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:57:52 +0000

Chris, you’ve misunderstood my use of the word ‘cause’, and that’s probably my fault for using it in a sentence in which it could be read ambiguously. In the way in which I’ve used it ‘cause’ means ‘case’ or ‘matter’, and I apologise profusely for the double meaning. For the record, I think autism is a matter of heredity, and nor do I see it as something which should have a ‘cause’ in the way you read it, nor a ‘cure’ as I don’t see it as a disorder, but a natural cognitive variant. I am strongly opposed to the vaccine rubbish. This has always been my position. My next book is titled ‘Autistic Intelligence – and why we can’t live without it’. I hope that explains it.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:41:01 +0000

Barbara, it sounds like you have an agenda. What exactly is this “cause of autism” you speak of?

Would it be preventing autism by making sure rubella does not return? Because there are several MDs who have written about vaccines and autism, from Offit to Marcuse.