He's being accused of more than poor design. Confidential medical documents and interviews with witnesses have established that Andrew Wakefield manipulated patients’ data, which triggered fears that the MMR triple vaccine to protect against measles, mumps and rubella was linked to the condition. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5683671.ece
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Joan Warmbold <jwarm...@oakton.edu> wrote: > 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) > -- Rick Stevens Psychology Department University of Louisiana at Monroe stevens.r...@gmail.com SL - Evert Snook --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
