I hope most of you have read the original study by Wakefield that supported the notion that vaccines cause autism. It is very poorly designed and based on a meager 12 subjects. And catch this, Wakefield would have benefited tremendously financially if folks bought into this as, surprise, surprise. We folks really need to make more of an effort to write to our media outlets about various examples of poor science reported as being valid.
Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu > Only one in four? > Not bad! > > On May 28, 2009, at 8:31 AM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: > >> New article in PLoS Biology (Public Library of Science, open-access as >> its name indicates). >> >> Disturbing quote: "Despite overwhelming evidence that vaccines don't >> cause autism, one in four Americans still think they do". >> >> Lots more quotable stuff there. >> >> Gross L (2009.) A Broken Trust: Lessons from the Vaccine-Autism Wars. >> PLoS Biol 7(5): e1000114. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000114 >> >> www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio. >> 1000114 >> >> Stephen > > Paul Brandon > Emeritus Professor of Psychology > Minnesota State University, Mankato > paul.bran...@mnsu.edu > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
