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Lawyer paid doctor $675,000 to fake vaccine-autism study
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:25 PM Author: Harsh Bateful Home Gaping An infamous 1998 study that ignited a worldwide scare over vaccines and autism— and led millions of parents to delay or decline potentitally lifesaving shots for their children — was "an elaborate fraud," according to a scathing three-part investigation in the British medical journal BMJ. The study has long since been debunked and dismissed by the scientific community, which points to 14 independent studies that have failed to find any link between vaccines and autism.
Last year, The Lancet issued a formal retraction. British medical authorities last year also found the study's lead author, Andrew Wakefield, guilty of serious professional misconduct, stripping him of his ability to practice medicine in England.
Now, the BMJ reports that Wakefield, who was paid more than $675,000 by a lawyer hoping to sue vaccine makers, was not just unethical — he falsified data in the study, which suggested that children developed autism after getting a shot against measles, mumps and rubella.
In fact, the children's medical records show that some clearly had symptoms of developmental problems long before getting their shots, BMJ says. Several had no autism diagnosis at all. Wakefield could not be reached by USA TODAY.
Becky Estepp, of the advocacy group Talk About Curing Autism, says the investigation is unlikely to sway vaccine critics. "I think it will make both sides dig in even further," she says.
Few studies have had such far-reaching and harmful effects, especially after being so thoroughly discredited, says William Schaffner, an infectious-disease expert at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Vaccination rates in England plummeted after Wakefield's press conference to promote his study. Measles outbreaks in the United Kingdom and Ireland hospitalized hundreds of people and killed four children, says Paul Offit, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Nearly 40% of American parents also have declined or delayed a vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many parents now have a vague distrust of vaccines — with little to no memory of diseases that terrified their grandparents, Schaffner says.
Offit says it may take years to rebuild trust in vaccines. "It's very hard to unscare people. You can do study after study, but people are far more compelled by their fears than by their reason."
http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/autism/2011-01-06-autism06_ST_N.htm |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:28 PM Author: out-of-control abusive spot I hope they get criminal charges for those kids that didn't get vaccinated over this and died. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16979943) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:49 PM Author: rebellious church idiot who dies from measles? it's unclear whether getting through some of those virus is good(perfects your immune system) or bad for you. many of them are less of a nuisance than a cold.. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16980135) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:51 PM Author: out-of-control abusive spot Find a jury that buys that one after they can prove these idiots committed fraud for financial gain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16980155) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 9:11 PM Author: rebellious church what do i care about your nigger jury or your stupid lawyers? i think u're all gay. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16980335) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 9:14 PM Author: out-of-control abusive spot And you can't get sex without paying for it.
You'd be better off gay, given those facts. |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 10:44 PM Author: Light diverse library Measles kills, dumbass. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16981161) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 10:43 PM Author: Mischievous police squad cruise ship against the parents (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16981147) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 10:46 PM Author: out-of-control abusive spot Against the people that faked clinical studies, maybe? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16981177) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:43 PM Author: boyish property mental disorder Whats really scary about Wakefield is that the Texas Medical Board actually gave this asshole a license to practice medicine. He runs some quack anti-autism clinic near Austin.
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:27 PM Author: Marvelous Personal Credit Line o look, jenny mccarthy was wrong (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16979930) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:31 PM Author: Harsh Bateful Home Gaping http://www.jennymccarthybodycount.com/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16979970) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:31 PM Author: hairraiser milky incel partner Who wudda thunk. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16979973) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:32 PM Author: brass spectacular brethren But who could have ever anticipated that this woman wouldn't know what she's talking about?
http://vovat.livejournal.com/781899.html?thread=4093515#t4093515 |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:49 PM Author: rebellious church at least she's hot unlike u. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16980139) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:28 PM Author: cracking feces center That was effective population control. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16979934) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:36 PM Author: Stimulating ticket booth "Becky Estepp, of the advocacy group Talk About Curing Autism, says the investigation is unlikely to sway vaccine critics. "I think it will make both sides dig in even further," she says."
lol...
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:37 PM Author: out-of-control abusive spot Because she'll hate to admit the last 12 years...she was really relying on bullshit?
Yeah...good for you Becky. Stick to your flawed research. |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:43 PM Author: Carmine Circlehead This is why deep down in the core of my gut I hate all people. Dumb bitches like this make humanity irredeemable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16980077) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 8:52 PM Author: out-of-control abusive spot The bitch wants to blame anyone other than her flawed genes and shriveled up ovaries caused the problems with her child. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16980161) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 9:13 PM Author: garnet wrinkle dilemma the only thing Becky should be digging is a hole for her and her autistic whooping cough crotchfruit to fall into. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16980355) |
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Date: January 5th, 2011 10:39 PM Author: onyx boltzmann lulz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1527306&forum_id=2#16981112) |