05 September 2008
Let's Be Clear on This: There is No Autism-Vaccine Link, Just Scientists On One Side and Liars On the Other
That's the truth and Washington Post reporter Shankar Vedantam manages to ignore the fact that there is no correlation between vaccines and conditions on the autism spectrum.*
The author mentions that the new study contradicts a 1998 study by Andrew Wakefield, but ignores the fact that he was accused of, "suppressing and falsifying data", that his co-authors of this study have disavowed his reasearch, and at this time is under investigation for serious professional and financial misconduct.
He faces removal of his medical license as a result.
If there is any justice in the world, he will end up in to jail too.
*There is some dispute as to whether Aspergers is mild Autism, or a different condition on the Autism spectrum, a distinction which I would generally expect a reporter to miss.
The author mentions that the new study contradicts a 1998 study by Andrew Wakefield, but ignores the fact that he was accused of, "suppressing and falsifying data", that his co-authors of this study have disavowed his reasearch, and at this time is under investigation for serious professional and financial misconduct.
He faces removal of his medical license as a result.
If there is any justice in the world, he will end up in to jail too.
*There is some dispute as to whether Aspergers is mild Autism, or a different condition on the Autism spectrum, a distinction which I would generally expect a reporter to miss.
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