MMR Doctor struck off
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Thank god, its taken years to get this far, but at last:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article71...
Dr Andrew Wakefield has been struck off by the GMC. Comments from the chair are along the lines of “irresponsible”, “misleading” and “dishonest”. Kind of says it all.
So, I wonder if this will draw a line under the whole MMR thing? Or will this nasty little man continue to peddle his 'tablets' to solve autism? I wonder. I fear that the damage and only time will solve this one...
What says the PH collective?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article71...
Dr Andrew Wakefield has been struck off by the GMC. Comments from the chair are along the lines of “irresponsible”, “misleading” and “dishonest”. Kind of says it all.
So, I wonder if this will draw a line under the whole MMR thing? Or will this nasty little man continue to peddle his 'tablets' to solve autism? I wonder. I fear that the damage and only time will solve this one...
What says the PH collective?
Deva Link said:
Listened to Dr Wakefield being interviewed on R4 this morning and he sounded a complete arse.
Let me guess, was he wheeling out the 'its a conspiracy' line again? How the media and establishment are hounding out of a job because he blew the whistle? Hateful little man.
As mentioned, there is no cover-up and there certainly is no risk of autism with MMR. The issues are that MMR provides the most effective method to immunise against three common, preventable and potentially dangerous diseases. There is no if's or but's - it works and it happens to be the cheapest way to do it too.
There is no cover-up - some of the most stringent testing, research and field trials have been carried out around the world and not a single one came back with any comments about autism. The research covered thousands and thousands of test subjects using statistically proven and trusted mechanisms and it was all fine. So much so that governments, non-governmental bodies and charities backed MMR as a safe, reliable and cost-effective drug to give. There is NO COVER-UP. There is no global cabal of Pharma companies keeping the truth from us and there certainly aren't thousands of children who have autism as a result.
What happened is that ex-Dr Wakefield took money from the families of children 'who caught autism' and tasked him with finding who did it with a view to launching a prosecution against those involved. He used dubious test techniques, paid children at his own son's birthday party for blood samples (without parents consent!) and managed to lie his way to getting his paper into the Lancet. All this from an initial sample of 12 children - yep, 12. Quite how you can extrapolate meaningful statistics from 12 cases to reflect 500m+ MMR jabs I am not sure, but he managed it. Supposedly these 12 are important - or is that because he was paid to find the link? Anyway, the researchers involved had their findings twisted to fit the science and later the Lancet removed the article.
The government at the time didn't handle it well and yes, its clear the Cherie Blair didn't get her son done with an MMR. This didnt help but like all good conspiracies - the likes of ex-Dr Wakefield just turned the finger to the government, big Pharma, the UN and just about everyone else and called them liars. Of course, the die was set now and enough doubt was in the minds of the public to question it.
Of course, the illustrious ex-Dr Wakefield now makes a living selling pills to parents in the US that
'cure' autism. What a nice man..... I wouldn't trust anything he says. He is an ambitious liar who clearly rates fame, fortune and his opinions over everything and everyone else. A charlatan, a thief and a cheat.... and now and ex-Doctor.
There is no cover-up - some of the most stringent testing, research and field trials have been carried out around the world and not a single one came back with any comments about autism. The research covered thousands and thousands of test subjects using statistically proven and trusted mechanisms and it was all fine. So much so that governments, non-governmental bodies and charities backed MMR as a safe, reliable and cost-effective drug to give. There is NO COVER-UP. There is no global cabal of Pharma companies keeping the truth from us and there certainly aren't thousands of children who have autism as a result.
What happened is that ex-Dr Wakefield took money from the families of children 'who caught autism' and tasked him with finding who did it with a view to launching a prosecution against those involved. He used dubious test techniques, paid children at his own son's birthday party for blood samples (without parents consent!) and managed to lie his way to getting his paper into the Lancet. All this from an initial sample of 12 children - yep, 12. Quite how you can extrapolate meaningful statistics from 12 cases to reflect 500m+ MMR jabs I am not sure, but he managed it. Supposedly these 12 are important - or is that because he was paid to find the link? Anyway, the researchers involved had their findings twisted to fit the science and later the Lancet removed the article.
The government at the time didn't handle it well and yes, its clear the Cherie Blair didn't get her son done with an MMR. This didnt help but like all good conspiracies - the likes of ex-Dr Wakefield just turned the finger to the government, big Pharma, the UN and just about everyone else and called them liars. Of course, the die was set now and enough doubt was in the minds of the public to question it.
Of course, the illustrious ex-Dr Wakefield now makes a living selling pills to parents in the US that
'cure' autism. What a nice man..... I wouldn't trust anything he says. He is an ambitious liar who clearly rates fame, fortune and his opinions over everything and everyone else. A charlatan, a thief and a cheat.... and now and ex-Doctor.
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