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Famous British Autism Study an 'Elaborate Fraud'

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the someone-alert-jenny-mccarthy dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Anybody hear the Imus take on this? by BobMcD · · Score: 1, Troll

    I did in my other post. I'm not niave enough to think you've ever encountered her book, but take a look here at the comments section over at amazon:

    http://www.amazon.com/Louder-Than-Words-Mothers-Journey/dp/0525950117

    Educate yourself just a tiny bit. Maybe you'll find the maturity enough to say something like, 'while we disagree about vaccines, she has tried to help her son'. Maybe, maybe not.