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Famous British Autism Study an 'Elaborate Fraud'
Charliemopps writes "An investigation published by the British medical journal BMJ concludes the study's author, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, misrepresented or altered the medical histories of all 12 of the patients whose cases formed the basis of the 1998 study — and that there was 'no doubt' Wakefield was responsible."
Lazy journalism from CNN? I'm shocked!!11!!
What I am really shocked about is that CNN is breaking form with this article in only presenting a person with a well researched position. Normally they would have the comments about the study being a fraud in the first paragraph, followed by several paragraphs from celebrities talking about how they know more than any doctor and MMR definitely causes autism. And since the piece also mentions that the guy did this for financial gain I expect several paragraphs from a Big Pharma rep(no disclosure that this is who he represents) about tort reform.
Plus, where is the part of how this relates to Michael Jackson? (Seriously though, can CNN go one day without reporting something on MJ?)
Your /. name is Ismellpoop, you didn't vaccinate your kids, and you tried explaining this foolishness. I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
Living With a Nerd
Current Wikipedia article text on her:
"... is an American adult model, comedian, actress, author, and activist/murderer whose ardent anti-vaccine quackery has doomed an unknown number of children to painful deaths by otherwise controllable diseases." [Emphasis mine]
Lovely.
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Generally, when the numbers are bigger...
...the conspiracy must be bigger?
My Chiropractor's been blaming vaccinations for 10 years. Somehow, it took two generations to work. My mom and her cohorts got these vaccines in the 50s. None of them got Autism. It requires more research than I have the patience to do.
Don't knock Jenny. She worked for years at the "MTV Spring Break Live and Biological Research Laboratories". Her extensive research into autism and wet t-shirts is highly respected around the world. She is uniquely qualified to comment on matters critical to public health and matters concerning T&A. I look forward to her next research paper on gravitational wave detection and the structural limits of bikini tops.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
Reading Jenny McCarthy dialogue in the closed captioning something I am simply not willing to do.
Whatever they may tell you, no one looks at Jenny McCarthy for the articles.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
To paraphrase Dara Ó Briain:
They never do it with any of the hard sciences. You'll never see a report on the Space Station where after they've talked with a guy from NASA they go "and now we must talk to Barry, who thinks space is just a carpet painted by God!"