Retracted autism/vaccine study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds
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Re: Retracted autism/vaccine study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds
#2The study's author "misrepresented or altered the medical histories of all 12 of the patients whose cases formed the basis of the 1998 study." Oh, and he was paid by a law firm which was looking to sue vaccine manufacturers.
The net result: vaccination rates dropped, and measles cases have gone up sharply.
Re: Retracted autism/vaccine study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds
#3The sad thing is even though the study has been thoroughly discredited[1], it continues to hang around and be cited by anti-vaccine activists.
[1] Even sadder is that they cite Wakefield being exposed as a fraud as evidence of tampering by "Big Pharma".
Re: Retracted autism/vaccine study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds
#4This isn't particularly new; here’s an article with more details from August 2008, from Ben Goldacre’s book Bad Science: http://www.badscience.net/2008/08/the-medias-mmr-hoax/
Also worth reading is Roald Dahl’s account of his eldest daughter’s measles infection at http://www.blacktriangle.org/blog/?p=715 .
Re: Retracted autism/vaccine study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds
#5Wow. It boggles the mind that somebody, a physician no less, would jeopardize children all over the world for half a million dollars. It is beyond comprehension.
Re: Retracted autism/vaccine study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds
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Re: Retracted autism/vaccine study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds
#7This isn't particularly new; here’s an article with more details from August 2008, from Ben Goldacre’s book Bad Science : http://www.badscience.net/2008/08/the-medias-mmr-hoax/ Also worth reading is Roald Dahl’s account of his eldest daughter’s measles infection at http://www.blacktriangle.org/blog/?p=715 .
The news isn't new. But it is welcome news that the "mainstream" media is giving it play - since negative results generally get neglected. Especially compared to dramatic, scary faux findings.
Re: Retracted autism/vaccine study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds
#8This isn't particularly new; here’s an article with more details from August 2008, from Ben Goldacre’s book Bad Science : http://www.badscience.net/2008/08/the-medias-mmr-hoax/ Also worth reading is Roald Dahl’s account of his eldest daughter’s measles infection at http://www.blacktriangle.org/blog/?p=715 .
The latest developments being reported are new. Previously the study had been found to be erroneous, it is now been decided parts of the study are outright fraudulent.
There is a big difference between fraud and making mistakes. Mistakes in study methodology or in drawing conclusions are expected to happen in science, hence the peer review process. Fraud on the other hand usually ends a scientist's career.
Re: Retracted autism/vaccine study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds
#9The sad thing is even though the study has been thoroughly discredited[1], it continues to hang around and be cited by anti-vaccine activists. [1] Even sadder is that they cite Wakefield being exposed as a fraud as evidence of tampering by "Big Pharma".
I get the impression that the tide has turned in the battle, and we should start seeing an improvement in vaccination rates over the next few years. Pity there will be a large lag as children who weren't immunized grow up and continue to get sick from these preventable diseases.
Re: Retracted autism/vaccine study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds
#10Poking around a bit, the British Medical Journal itself has a much more in-depth and interesting article on the web, which the CNN story is but a pale reflection of: http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c5347.full