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Andrew Wakefield GMC/Lancet Decision 2010
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Landon Hall Interviews Dr. Andrew Wakefield in the OC Register Defrocked doctor answers critics about vaccines (include videos) O.C. vaccine refusals above state average Family win 18 year fight over MMR damage to son: £90,000 payout is first since concerns over vaccine surfaced San Mateo County parents of autistic children desperate for answers U of L researcher writes 'Idiot's Guide' to vaccination Herald Column: Is Paolo Zamboni the new Andrew Wakefield? What’s Behind Ben Goldacre? Brian Deer: Portrait of a Narcissist Bookmarks: Author appearances, more Andrew Wakefield (includes video) Discussion and signing with Dr. Andrew Wakefield for "Callous Disregard," (Skyhorse Publishing, $26.95, 288 pages). 2 p.m. Borders, 2765 E. Bidwell St., Folsom. (916) 984-5900. Katie Wright Reviews Dr. Andrew Wakefield in New York City TACA to Host Dr. Andrew Wakefield Author of Callous Disregard in CA Live From New York It's Dr. Andrew Wakefield! Local parent attends Chicago autism conference Dr. Andrew Wakefield To Speak At The Rebecca School July 8 Transcription of Dr. Andrew Wakefield, Author of Callous Disregard, on Imus in the Morning Dr. Andrew Wakefield Autism and the Vagrant in the Brainstem DVD Follow Up to Ritz Phoenix Book Signing for Callous Disregard: Shut Down Averted! Take two spoonfuls of scientific method and call me in the morning Human nature vs. science Rejecting evidence that conflicts with one's beliefs is normal, but not constructive Why do people still believe that there is a link between vaccines and autism? June 26 Meet Callous Disregard Author Dr. Andrew Wakefield June 26 at The Ritz in Phoenix National Autism Association Says GMC Actions Against Wakefield Show Lack of Scientific Integrity Science is the New Politics: Evan Harris the bigger picture Radio Wakefield Up Now on "Pirate Satellite"! Chased From Venue to New Locale! (video) Andrew Wakefield in the Sunday Telegraph Dr. Andrew Wakefield's Book Callous Disregard – Book Review HEALTHY LIVING: Campaign to boost MMR vaccines An Audience with Dr Andrew Wakefield Immunization Rates of MMR Vaccine Improving NaturalNews.com slimes breast cancer research again A deer in the headlights Leading scientist accuses doctors of increasing fear of vaccines Dr Le Fanu Breaks Ranks to Condemn the GMC in Dr. Andrew Wakefield Decision Listen To Dr. Andrew Wakefield on Coast to Coast Dateline NBC's Dr. Andrew Wakefield & Vaccine Injury Interview: The Parent’s Response Dr. Andrew Wakefield Tells the Complete Story in Callous Disregard Ruth Taber: Do your own eyes deceive you? You bet, psychologists explain Chicago Anti-Vax Rally-Andrew Wakefield-5-26-10 Video The hidden hand of powerful forces Autism vaccination doctor banned Measles rate in Ireland is second highest in Europe Is Wakefield Losing His Base? Dr. Andrew Wakefield's Book Callous Disregard Garners Support from Adult on Spectrum James Ottar Grundvig Reviews Callous Disregard by Dr. Andrew Wakefield Retraction: Enterocolitis in Children With Developmental Disorders Andrew Wakefield: 17 years of disputed research, and now a book My Day at an Anti-Vaccination Rally THE SKEPTIC: The great MMR and autism hoax Face the facts - vaccinations are safe Research Claims Still Generate Controversy Vaccination fear Concern at drop in MMR uptake Dr Andrew Wakefield A 'sacrificial goat' after discovering a link between MMR Vaccine and Autism! (includes video) Dr. Andrew Wakefield on the Autism/Vaccine Controversy and His Ongoing Professional Persecution Another View: Discredited autism theory thrown out Autism researcher discredited Much harm done Synthetic life: Perhaps all we have to fear is fear itself? Dr. Andrew Wakefield on his new book Callous Disregard Bad science gets its due Dr. Sears, Dr. Wakefield and TACA at Autism One Autism and Vaccination Link Found False, Doctor Loses License After Wakefield: the real questions that need addressing Rapid Responses to: After Wakefield: the real questions that need addressing Wakefield Legacy: The MMR Scare That Should Not Have Been Guest editorial: Autism quack was a threat to children SUNDAY, MAY 30 Matt Lauer continues his reporting on autism with an exclusive interview with Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the controversial British doctor who said he found a possible link between autism and one childhood vaccine, who made headlines this week after being stripped of his license to practice medicine in his own country. Andrew Wakefield to Lose British Medical License Stephen Barrett, M.D. Professor John Angus WALKER-SMITH Determination on Serious Professional Misconduct (SPM) and sanction: Professor (formerly Dr) Simon Harry MURCH Determination on Serious Professional Misconduct (SPM) and sanction: United Kingdom revokes licenses of two doctors who falsely linked autism and vaccines Doctor who linked MMR vaccine and autism loses license Sarah Duchess of York dines out with MMR quack Andrew Wakefield Wakefield’s Vaccine Follies (includes video) Former HHS deputy secretary says Wakefield has much to answer for Clinical debate: MMR - the stampede that cost us the Herd Vaccine debate heats up in Chicago, scorned doctor vows to continue research American Rally for Personal Rights Pt 1 American Rally for Personal Rights Pt 2 Olmsted on Autism: Rhymes with "Struck Off"! "Vaccine choice" rally held in Chicago A nasty rash Posted May 27, 2010 Chicago ground zero for vaccine safety debate Dr. Andrew Wakefield Will Continue Research on Autism and Vaccine Dr. Andrew Wakefield Warns of Tainted Vaccines Link to Autism on Alex Jones Tv 2/4 Dr. Andrew Wakefield Warns of Tainted Vaccines Link to Autism on Alex Jones Tv 3/4 Dr. Andrew Wakefield Warns of Tainted Vaccines Link to Autism on Alex Jones Tv 4/4 Jeremy Laurance: Medicine needs mavericks – but he was just wrong Dr. Andrew Wakefield At The American Rally for Personal Choice Dispatch: Vaccines' Safety Confirmed, Wakefield's Validity Denied Discredited autism researcher's penalty is a shot in the arm for medical integrity A Bump in the Road or a Major Detour? Tarnished doc to continue autism study in US Editorial: Diagnosing Wakefield: Bad medicine Vaccine Wars Dr Michael Fitzpatrick Censorship is not the answer to health scares Dr. Andrew Wakefield Warns of Tainted Vaccines Link to Autism on Alex Jones Tv 1/4 (includes video) Kids pay price for measles conspiracy theory A Statement from Parents of Autistic Children Treated by Wakefield, Walker-Smith and Murch Anti-Vaccination Study Retracted and Study Author Dr. Andrew Wakefield Banned from Practicing in U.K. Autism Doctor Loses His Medical License; Now Let's Talk About How False Vaccine Beliefs Hurt Kids Autism scare: Dr. Andrew Wakefield banned from practicing medicine in UK (Video) The Heat is On BP, Vaccine-Autism Doc Gets the Boot Researchers Blast Another Link Between Autism and Vaccines Wakefield is struck off for the "serious and wide-ranging findings against him" GMC struck off twice as many doctors in 2009 as in previous year MMR blame still casts shadow over the health establishment Hear Dr. Andrew Wakefield Live Today at Noon (EDT) on Voice America Radio Paul Offit’s Message: CDC, FDA, NIH, IOM, AAP, WHO and Merck Engaged in Pseudoscience Hit and Run: The UK GMC Meet Dr. Andrew Wakefield At American Rally for Personal Choice Tomorrow! SafeMinds Speaks Out On GMC Decision for Dr. Andrew Wakefield and Dr. John Walker-Smith Rebel medic who sparked a national panic over MMR jab is struck off Controversial autism doc: ‘I’m not going away’ (includes video) Governing body axes doctor in MMR jab furore MMR saga doctor is struck off Andrew Wakefield, doctor who said MMR vaccine may cause autism, banned from practicing in Britain Andrew Wakefield, martyr Why I Don’t Listen To Jenny McCarthy — Or the CDC Britain bans doctor who claimed link between autism and MMR vaccine from practicing medicine Andrew Wakefield and MMR: the 'impact factor' MMR – autism scare: so, farewell then, Dr Andrew Wakefield MMR: The need for public engagement WOODFORD GRN: MMR doc struck off UPDATED: UK medical board issues findings on Wakefield; he remains defiant Britain bans autism doctor from practicing Doctor who linked autism to common vaccine barred from medical practice due to unethical research "Interesting times," thanks to a confluence of anti-vaccine pseudoscience Dr. Wakefield reveals the inside story of the vaccine-autism connection video Dr. Andrew Wakefield On The Today Show Video UK bans doc who linked autism to vaccine Andrew Wakefield case highlights the importance of ethics in science Former KES pupil Wakefield struck off by General Medical Council National Autism Association Says GMC Actions Against Wakefield Show Lack of Scientific Integrity UK General Medical Council: "Dr. Andrew Wakefield's Name Should Be Erased From the Medical Register" UK General Medical Council: "Professor John Walker-Smith's Name Should Be Erased from the Medical Register" UK General Medical Council: "Professor Murch is Free to Continue Unrestricted Medical Practice." Profile: Andrew Wakefield, the man at the centre of the MMR scare Hundreds of children miss their MMR jabs Britain revokes license for doctor who linked vaccinations to autism Doctor behind MMR vaccine scare set to be struck off UPDATE 1-British ban for doctor at heart of MMR vaccine row Timeline: the Wakefield vaccine scandal Doc Who Tied Vaccine To Autism Loses License Posted May 23, 2010 Come Support Dr. Andrew Wakefield at NBC's Today Show This Monday! Godlee Must Go: BMJ Fails To Answer Question on Deer's Competing Interests Posted May 21, 2010 The Austin Statesman Reports: Dr. Andrew Wakefield Vows to Speak Out Censured doctor says he'll resume autism research in Austin How Andrew Wakefield Tried To Censor Opponents Posted May 20, 2010 BMJ Editor Refuses to Acknowledge Brian Deer’s Role as Complainant in GMC Case Posted May 16, 2010 Left Out - Hewitt's Explanation at Age of Autism Posted May 13, 2010 American Rally for Personal Rights Announces Andrew Wakefield as Keynote Speaker Rapid Responses to: Wakefield’s "autistic enterocolitis" under the microscope Brian Deer and enterocolitis ohn A. Dodge, Hon Professor of Child Health University of Wales, Swansea Rapid Responses to: Wakefield’s "autistic enterocolitis" under the microscope Re: Who will grasp the nettle on whether autistic enterocolitis exists? Mark Struthers, GP and prison doctor Bedfordshire Rapid Responses to: Wakefield’s "autistic enterocolitis" under the microscope Re: Caution in assessing histopathological opinions. Brian Deer, Journalist London Rapid Responses to: Wakefield’s "autistic enterocolitis" under the microscope Autism Syndromes: Clinical issues behind the label. Lorene E A Amet, Principal Scientist Autism Treatment Trust Andrew Wakefield and the great autism fraud Posted May 6, 2010 May 6, 2010 - Response to feature Wakefield’s "autistic enterocolitis" under the microscope from ESPGHAN - Deirdre Kelly, President, ESPGHAN Liver Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, David Branski - journal article (BMJ) May 6, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Wakefield’s "autistic enterocolitis" under the microscope Wakefield’s Lancet Paper Vindicated – [Yet Again] - Clifford G Miller, Commercial lawyer, former University lecturer and graduate physicist - journal article (BMJ) May 6, 2010 - Wakefield’s Lancet Paper Vindicated – [Yet Again] - Child Health Safety - "So will Dr Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet now “unretract” The Lancet paper? Read the abstract of the new US research vindicating Wakefield’s work here: [2320.7] GI Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): An Autism Treatment Network Study" May 6, 2010 - Wakefield Book “Callous Disregard” – Launch 29 May - Child Health Safety May 6, 2010 - Reason.tv: Do Vaccines Cause Autism? (includes video) - Reason.tv May 5, 2010 - Vaccines and Autism: Not a debate, a battle - The Vaccine War avoids the "tell two sides" trap. - The Radical Behaviorist via Psychology Today - "Last week, PBS Frontline aired an episode on the vaccine-autism story. I'm not going to call it a controversy, because it isn't. Vaccines don't cause autism, the science is clear. Both the MMR-causes-autism and thimerosal-in-vaccines hypotheses have been explored extensively. Neither notion holds water. I've written previously about the vaccine-autism mythology, especially the Andrew Wakefield-inspired MMR-autism fiasco." Posted May 5, 2010 * May 5, 2010 - Book Signing for Dr. Andrew Wakefield's "Callous Disregard" from Skyhorse Publishing - Age of Autism Posted May 4, 2010 * ► May 4, 2010 - The Urabe Factor By Martin Walker - Age of Autism - "A downloadable version of the full essay can be found at: Slingshot Publications" * ►The Urabe Farrago: A Recent Historical Account of Corporations and Governments Hiding Vaccine Damage for the Greater Good - Martin J Walker MA (pdf) - Slingshot Publications Posted May 2, 2010 * ►May 2010 - A Study of Disinformation - journal article (AAP Grand Rounds) - "Dateline February, 2010. The premier, usually reliable British medical journal Lancet has announced the retraction of the journal’s publication of the influential 1998 Andrew Wakefield article which purported to show a definite link in 12 children who had received MMR vaccine and their subsequent diagnosis of autism." Posted May 1, 2010 * ►April 30, 2010 - Histopathologist from the Lancet study Rebuffs Brian Deer’s Article in British Medical Journal By John Stone - Age of Autism - "A letter in on-line BMJ today from, Susan E Davies, one of the signatory histopathologists to the Lancet paper (HERE), rebuts Brian Deer’s imputation that there was anything amiss with the interpretation of the histopathology results in the study. This should finally knock on the head the claim made by Deer first in the Sunday Times in February 2009 that Andrew Wakefield had manipulated the results of the biopsy tests for his own purposes (HERE & HERE )." Posted April 30, 2010 * ►April 30, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Brian Deer Wakefield’s "autistic enterocolitis" under the microscope - Susan E Davies, Consultant Histopathologist Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge * ►April 30, 2010 - MP Who Breached Patient Confidentiality Failed to Disclose Competing Interest in MMR Debate By John Stone - Age of Autism - "Evan Harris, the MP who made allegations in a debate about MMR in the House of Commons in March 2004, disclosed that his father, Frank, was a recently retired professor paediatrics ((see TheyWorkForYou), but not that the latter had sat on the Committee on Safety in Medicines in 1990-92 (an appointment listed in his entry in Who’s Who) in the period leading to the withdrawal of the Urabe strain MMR vaccines in September 1992." * ►March 15, 2004 - MMR Vaccinations and Autism - House of Commons debates, 15 March 2004, 10:01 pm - TheyWorkForYou.com Posted April 28, 2010 * April 28, 2010 - An autism divide - Study's retraction stirs debate in health community - Sun-Times Media via Joliet Herald-News via www.suburbanchicagonews.com - "However, LJ Goes of New Lenox, mother of a 3½-year-old son who was diagnosed with autism last year, feels quite differently. She hails Wakefield as a martyr, condemned merely for questioning the MMR vaccine's safety. As for [Dr. Andrew] Wakefield's supposed unscrupulous behavior, Goes points to a Dec. 18 New York Times story. It reported that, in 2007, most of the members of a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) advisory panel that evaluated flu and cervical cancer vaccines had possible, unsettled conflicts of interest. Goes added that the CDC, on its website, contradicts itself regarding vaccine safety." * April 27, 2010 - The Vaccine War - video - FRONTLINE via PBS * April 27, 2010 - Autism: Frontline rehashes the vaccine "debate"... - City Brights Blog via San Francisco Chronicle Posted April 23, 2010 * April 23, 2010 - GMC Hearing Update by Martin Walker - Age of Autism - "On Tuesday 13th April and Wednesday 14th April, its 200th day, the hearing sat in order to hear mitigation and assess 'sentencing' arguments on behalf of Professor Murch and Professor John Walker-Smith. Dr Wakefield, disgusted by the clearly biased 'findings on fact' in January, had decided to have no more to do with the hearing." Posted April 21, 2010 * April 21, 2010 - Many unaware MMR-autism theory debunked, MPs told - MPs have heard that the suggested link between autism and immunisations has been discredited - though many parents are unaware that's the case. - Radio New Zealand - "Hilary Stace says a campaign needs to be launched to improve immunisation rates and to rebuild trust in the MMR vaccine." * April 21, 2010 - We need to uproot fear of immunizations - San Francisco Chronicle - "Today's parents are keenly aware of environmental risks, from lead in toys to toxic chemicals in baby bottles. And many are angry that government officials failed to ward off such hazards. Why should they believe experts' assurances about vaccines and autism? It doesn't help that science can't explain the apparent explosion of autism cases, now an average of 1 in 110 children, which just happened to coincide with an expanded childhood vaccine schedule. And now, filled with vaccine doubts, many parents no longer view childhood immunization as their civic responsibility but as a personal responsibility - and potential risk - to their children." Posted April 19, 2010 * ►April 19, 2010 - Journalist with No Medical Training Solves Mystery of Enterocolitis! By Martin Walker - Age of Autism ►April 19, 2010 - Autistic Enterocolitis Questioned by Paper Retraction - BMJ via MedPage Today Posted April 18, 2010 * ►April 18, 2010 (repost from 2006) - Scientists fear MMR link to autism - Daily Mail, UK - "Now a team from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina are examining 275 children with regressive autism and bowel disease - and of the 82 tested so far, 70 prove positive for the measles virus." * ►April 18, 2010 - GMC Taking Patients' NHS Medical Records Without Their Knowledge Or Consent - Dr. Sarah Myhill via The One Click Group - "I have been investigated by the General Medical Council (GMC) since 2001. During this time the GMC have been taking the private and confidential NHS medical records of my patients without their knowledge or consent. In 2007 all allegations against me were dropped with no case to answer and no restrictions on any of my practice. This has been done without informing patients, nor asking permission, without anonymising the notes, nor informing the patient of their legal right to object to this action. The GMC state they do this in the Public Interest, but have consistently refused to state what that Public Interest is." Posted April 17, 2010 * ►April 17, 2010 - Brian
Deer in BMJ and Dr. Andrew Wakefield's Response - Age of Autism
* ►April 17, 2010 - Does Your Child Have Autism And GI Problems? Send Us An Email. - Age of Autism * ►April 16, 2010 - British Medical Journal Publishes False Claims About MMR Doctor - Journalist Brian Deer’s Allegations about Dr. Andrew Wakefield fails to disclose press complaint (pdf) - press release - Dr. Andrew Wakefield ►April 16, 2010 - Autism-Specific Bowel Disease May Not Exist - Disability Scoop * ►April 16, 2010 - More challenges on Wakefield's research - Paging Dr. Gupta Blog via CNN ►April 16, 2010 - Peer pressure - Financial Times - "Peer review is the process that is supposed to separate reasoned medical theories from hysterical tabloid tales. But the irony is that peer review has not prevented bad papers from being published. Take The Lancet’s now withdrawn Wakefield paper questioning the safety of MMR, or Science’s publication a few years ago of papers relating to human cloning. Later discreditation does not quite make up for the impact such papers have on landing." Posted April 16, 2010 * ►April 16, 2010 - MMR bowel disorder called into question - The existence of a bowel disorder described by controversial doctor Andrew Wakefield as being linked to the MMR vaccine is being called into question. - The Telegraph, UK * ►April 16, 2010 - GI Problems and Autism Link? Experts Say No - No Proof Diets Help Autism Symptoms, Many Experts Say - ABC News * ►April 16, 2010 - New autism illness appears unlikely - AP via St. Louis Today * ►April 15, 2010 - Questions remain over existence of 'new syndrome' in autistic children - This week, the BMJ questions the existence of a new bowel condition in autistic children dubbed "autistic enterocolitis" by Dr Andrew Wakefield and colleagues in a now infamous and recently retracted paper published by the Lancet in 1998. - PhysOrg.com * ►April 15, 2010 - Experts say autism bowel disease may not exist - AP via Yahoo! - "In research published Friday in the medical journal BMJ, reporter Brian Deer examines if the illness described by Wakefield and colleagues — autistic enterocolitis, a bowel disease found in autistic people — actually exists." ►April 15, 2010 - Experts Say Autism Bowel Disease May Not Exist - Experts say autism bowel disease posited by flawed study that caused heath scare may not exist - AP via ABC News Posted April 15, 2010 * ►April 15, 2010 - Wakefield’s "autistic enterocolitis" under the microscope - Andrew Wakefield’s claims for a new bowel condition in autistic children have been largely overlooked in the furore over MMR vaccination. Brian Deer reports - journal article (BMJ) * ►April 15, 2010 - Does autistic enterocolitis exist? - Despite the retracted Wakefield study, questions remain - journal article (BMJ) Posted April 14, 2010 * ►April 14, 2010 - Oxford West & Abingdon: Are your Patient Records Safe with Evan Harris MP? - Medical records theft A question for the electors of Oxford West and Abingdon – are your patient records safe with Evan Harris MP? By John Stone - Age of Autism * ►April 14, 2010 - Autism's future: Experts say it's genetics - Journal Times - "As to the vaccine-autism link, [John] Sweeney said, no one, at least not among serious researchers, gave the report much credence when it was first published more than a decade ago. 'It's very hard to prove something's not true,' he said. 'Of course, the problem is a lot of people get vaccines at the time autism becomes apparent.'" * ►April 13, 2010 - Doctor Blamed for The MMR Scare Speaks Out - Dr Andrew Wakefield - videos - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 13, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - Disgraced. Discredited. Debunked? - video - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 13, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - THE PARENTS - video - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 13, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - The Trial Of Clinical Medicine - video - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 13, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - To Crush Dissent - What do you think the GMC's role is in this hearing? - video - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 13, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - Fixed Trial Data - Why did it take so long for the charges to be brought against you? - video - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 12, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - Callous Disregard - The Reporting of the Case - video - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 12, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - The Birthday Bloods - What Happen at the Birthday Party? - video - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 12, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - Lumbar Punctures - video - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 8, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - Dr David Salisbury , HPV and H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccines - From the second Session ,Dr Wakefield is asked about safety of newly introduced Vaccines. - video - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 5, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - David Salisbury's Entreaties / Public Health Dictat - David Salisbury’s calls to the GMC! - video - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 4, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - Dr Richard Horton - Q2 Conflicts of Interest and Dishonesty? - video - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 2, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield In His own Words - Why Have you been called before the GMC? - video - Dr. Andrew Wakefield - In His Own Words Blog * ►April 2010 - Video transcripts: Dr Andrew Wakefield - In His own words - Whale.to Posted April 12, 2010 ►April 12, 2010 - Andrew Wakefield dives into even more disrepute - Respectful Insolence via ScienceBlogs Posted March 11, 2010 * ►April 10, 2010 - How government targeted Dr. Wakefield after vaccine report (includes video) - Examiner.com Posted April 10, 2010 * ►April 10, 2010 - Why Medical Authorities Went to Such Extremes to Silence Dr. Andrew Wakefield (includes video and transcript) - Mercola.com * ►April 10, 2010 - Dr. Mercola Interviews Dr. Andrew Wakefield (includes video) - Age of Autism Posted April 9, 2010 * ►April 2010 - Routine lab method's accuracy called into question - journal article (Nature Medicine) - "In 2002, four years after first sparking public controversy over whether the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine causes autism, Andrew Wakefield reported a possible molecular mechanism for the connection. He claimed that a form of irritable bowel disease, which he called autistic enterocolitis, was triggered by the measles virus" Posted April 8, 2010 * ►April 8, 2010 - Why does the public still have doubts about MMR? - Irish Times - "Wakefield called the recent findings of the GMC “unjust and unfounded”. He is now director of the Thoughtful House Centre in Austin, Texas, which studies developmental disorders. The GMC is scheduled to decide this April whether Wakefield’s ethical misdemeanours amount to “serious professional misconduct”. Comment: Wakefield no longer works at Thoughtful House. ►April 8, 2010 - MMR doctors could be struck off - di-ve.com Posted April 7, 2010 ►April 7, 2010 - A Mum Tells her Story to the UK GMC Following the Wakefield, Walker-Smith, Murch Hearings - Age of Autism ►April 7, 2010 - Dr. Andrew Wakefield In His Own Words: GoldenHawk Film Project (includes video) - Age of Autism ►April 7, 2010 - MMR row doctor defends work - Press Association via Gazette & Herald, UK - "The panel ruled all three doctors were guilty of undertaking research on children without approval from an ethics committee. Dr Wakefield said in a statement issued on Tuesday: "We can prove, with extensive documentary evidence, that this conclusion is false. Let me make it absolutely clear that, at its heart, the GMC hearing has been about the protection of MMR vaccination policy." ►April 6, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Reflections on investigating Wakefield Forgotten victims - journal article (BMJ) Posted April 6, 2010 * April 6, 2010 - MMR medic to defy ban - Mirror.co.uk - "The GMC will argue that Dr Andrew Wakefield should be banned. But the 53-year-old maintains he is the victim of a smear campaign by the Government and drug firms. He said yesterday: 'As long as these children need help, I will continue my work.'" * April 6, 2010 - Someone didn't nail the coffin shut: Andrew Wakefield returns to the public eye - Respectful Insolence via ScienceBlogs * April 6, 2010 - Avoiding shots not very smart - Chilliwack Times via Canada.com - "Unfortunately, in the past two decades, an anti-vaccination movement has grown in all wealthy western countries, including Canada. The CDC terms this refusal to vaccinate children a 'philosophical objection,' but we will be less polite. The entire movement is based on bad science. Many claims have been made that a variety of vaccinations can cause autism in children, but the most famous scientific study to make such a link, by Dr. Andrew Wakefield, has been conclusively debunked. The journal in which it was published, The Lancet, recently completely retracted the study." * April 6, 2010 - I was victim of campaign to 'crush dissent', claims MMR row doctor Andrew Wakefield - The Daily Record, UK - "He was speaking as the GMC resumes its hearing tomorrow into his research on MMR and autism. It will decide whether he and two colleagues, Professors John Walker-Smith and Simon Murch, are guilty of serious professional misconduct and should be struck off the medical register." Posted April 5, 2010 * ►April 5, 2010 - Statement from Dr. Andrew Wakefield Regarding GMC Hearing Sanctions By Dr. Andrew Wakefield - Age of Autism - "Let me make it absolutely clear that, at its heart, the GMC hearing has been about the protection of MMR vaccination policy. The case has been driven by an agenda to crush dissent that in my opinion serves the government and the pharmaceutical industry — not the welfare of children. It’s important to note that there has never been a complaint against any of the doctors by any parent involved in this case — only universal parental support and gratitude." ►April 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - In His own words - transcript - (includes videos) - Whale.to Posted April 4, 2010 * ►April 3, 2010 - Dr. Wakefield in His Own Words: Video Series - Age of Autism ►April 2, 2010 - World Autism Awareness Day Radio show it's on with Zack - AutismOne.org - "The show returns for a second season. Deborah and Zack bring on Tim Welsh (Tanner's Dad) as the Guest Host for this episode to discuss Insurance Reform, Wakefield Controversy, the CDC Controversy, & More! - Length: 4/2/2010 1:00 PM - 45 min http://tinyurl.com/ygeglgj" Posted April 2, 2010 ►April 2, 2010 - Dr Andrew Wakefield In His own Words - Why Have you been called before the GMC? (videos) - Dr Andrew Wakefield - In his Own Words - GoldenHawk Projects Posted April 1, 2010 ►March 31, 2010 - Urge the GMC to strike off Andrew Wakefield - Left Brain/Right Brain ►Dr Andrew WAKEFIELD, Professor John WALKER-SMITH, Professor Simon MURCH - Calendar of Fitness To Practice Cases - April 7 - June 11, 2010 - GMC-uk.org Posted March 30, 2010 * ►March 30, 2010 - Lancet Boss Failed to Disclose Own Conflicts to Parliament while Denouncing Wakefield By John Stone - Age of Autism Posted March 29, 2010 * ►March 29, 2010 - Monkeying with the truth - Lynne McTaggart, What Doctor's Don't Tell You * ►March 28, 2010 - Ted Lindsay's fight for autism is far from terrible - Examiner.com - "The hockey legend when on to speak about how the money is used, including published research done by Medical Interventions for Autism board member Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who has linked autism to inflammatory bowel disease. 'Autism is an epidemic in England, Canada and the United States,' he added. 'Hopefully in my lifetime, they prove Dr. Wakefield's theories.' To find out more about the foundation and help "Terrible Ted" find a cure for autism, visit his website at TedLindsay.com." Posted March 28, 2010 * ►March 28, 2010 - Counterfeit Law, Part Three: Houdini Horton By Martin Walker - Age of Autism * ►March 26, 2010 - Immunisations are essential for improving public health - Financial Times Blog - "The Lancet, last month, retracted its controversial 1998 study that linked the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism. To be clear: the only evidence that showed a connection between vaccinations and the neural development disorder has been formally expunged from the scientific record." Posted March 27, 2010 * ►March 24, 2010 - Danish university investigates disappearance of a "considerable" amount of grant money - journal article (BMJ) Posted March 26, 2010 ►March 25, 2010 - MMR plea to parents after research is retracted - Your Thanet News, UK - "Parents are being urged by the NHS to ensure that children have the MMR triple jab after controversial research on the vaccine was withdrawn. Medical journal The Lancet, which originally published research indicating a possible link between autism and the MMR vaccine, has now issued a full retraction." * ►Rapid Responses to: Observations: Trisha Greenhalgh Why did the Lancet take so long? BMJ 2010; 340: c644 (pdf) - journal article (BMJ) Posted March 25, 2010 * ►March 25, 2010 - Brian Deer and the BMJ: Letters Removed but Questions Remain By John Stone - Age of Autism - "A sequence of letters appearing over the last two and a half weeks in on-line British Medical Journal, questioning how journalist Brian Deer could have had access to children’s medical records, have been removed following threat of legal action (See here ). The story was first reported on Age of Autism nine days ago (HERE)." * ►March 25, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? Wakefield's retracted article - Sylvia J. Sage, student - journal article (BMJ) - "The article did make an association between the MMR and inflammatory bowel disease, but the article states, "We did not prove an association between measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and the syndrome described." In other words, they did not prove that the MMR caused the inflammatory bowel disease associated with behaviorial symptoms. The article also suggested that these autistic children could have a genetic susceptibility--the inability to handle viruses appropriately, including inattenuated viruses." * ►March 25, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? A travesty of justice - karl l reichelt, MD,PhD Senior reseracher. Department of pediatric research ,Univ of Oslo,Rikshospitalet ,N-0027 Oslo ,Norway - journal article (BMJ) - "Dr A Wakefield did not state that MMR was the cause of regressive autism but that he was struck by the frequent suspicion of parents. Furthermore the small primary series has been extended(1) and confirmed by others(2)and others.. As most viruses are immunosuppressive , it is a bit strange to inject three all at once .(I have sought answer to this ,but the vaccination champions have so far remained silent) I have repeatedly listened to Wakefield and if anything his data are impressive and very carefully presented and evaluated.All new hypotheses needs lots of follow up work, but should not be banned because of a preliminary nature." * ►March 24, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? Editorial note - journal article (BMJ) - "Following a legal complaint several responses have been removed. Competing interests: None declared" ►March 16, 2010 - An Autism-MMR Vaccine Connection? Bad information for scared families. - ScienceBlog.com Posted March 24, 2010 * ►March 24, 2010 - Overcoming vaccine fears - Autism link debunked: County health officials hope study's retraction will convince more parents to immunize their children - Santa Rosa Press Democrat - "Michele Rogers, executive director of the Early Learning Institute in Rohnert Park, said her worry is that parents who are choosing to forgo vaccinations for their children are potentially putting other kids at risk. The private, nonprofit institute assists children who have developmental disabilities and their families, and Rogers said she is weighing whether to inform parents how many of those children have not been vaccinated. There is no California law mandating such disclosure." ►March 23, 2010 - My Voice: Time to end hysteria about vaccine causing autism - Sioux Falls Argus Leader * ►March 23, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? - Response to Brian Deer's comment Isabella Thomas, Parent - journal article (BMJ) * ►March 23, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? The question of confidentiality in Brian Deer's reporting, Prof Greenhalgh and Dr Harris - John Stone, Contributing editor: Age of Autism - journal article (BMJ) Posted March 22, 2010 * March 22, 2010 - The GMC and the MMR case: 162-95 is the key By John Stone - Age of Autism March 19, 2010 - Autism And Vaccines: Why People Still Believe The Hype - Andrea Kuszewski, The Rogue Neuron via Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies March 19, 2010 - Health warning as mumps cases soar 300% in wake of MMR scare - Daily Mail, UK Posted March 19,
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Posted March 16, 2010 * March 16, 2010 - God, Greed and the Apostles. Bill Welsh on Fallacies of The Lancet, GMC and MMR Reporting. By Bill Welsh - Age of Autism * March 13, 2010 - Mark Hyman, MD: How to Rid Your Body of Mercury and Other Heavy Metals: A 3-Step Plan to Recover Your Health - The Huffington Post May 16, 2009 - Selective Hearing, Brian Deer and the GMC, Dr Wakefield Autism MMR Film - video - CryShame via viddler.com Posted March 15, 2010 ►March 15, 2010 - Dr. Mike: Autism & Vaccines (includes video) - MyFox Philadelphia * ►March 14, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? MMR Toxicity Explained - Michael D Innis - journal article (BMJ) - "The truth is it is harming the children because as Wakefield and his colleagues have shown, some ingredient in the vaccine causes methymalonic acidaemia followed by cobalamine deficiency and consequently neurological lesions in genetically susceptible children." * ►March 13, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? MMR Toxicity Explained Re: Re: Patient Confidentiality - Joan Campbell - journal article (BMJ) - "I would also like to know how a journalist like Brian Deer is allowed to see children's medical records never mind having a list of the MMR/MR UK Group Litigation children whose legal aid was cruelly taken away. I sent an open letter that was published in the Scottish Daily Mail to Tony Blair asking him did he give Leo his son the MMR and his secretary replied saying that the Prime Minister could not answer that question as Leo's medical files were confidential." Posted March 13, 2010 * ►March 12, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? Patient Confidentiality - Bill Welsh, President Autism Treatment Trust - "Perhaps Ari Zuckerman or Michael Pegg would be kind enough to enlighten us regarding what action was taken. But what about Richard Horton, Lancet Editor, surely he knew earlier than anybody that the journalist had obtained confidential records. Why did he personally not actuate a police enquiry? The list of doctors who knew but were content to do nothing is becoming endless. It would appear that the destruction of Dr Andrew Wakefield et al was paramount. Ethics, integrity, rectitude and even common sense lost out in the race to destroy the careers of three fine physicians. Competing interests: Grandfather to an autistic boy." Posted March 12, 2010 * ►March 12, 2010 - Connie Howard of Vue Weekly Interviews Dr. Andrew Wakefield - Age of Autism * ►March 12, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? Re: Patient Confidentiality - John Stone, Contributing editor: Age of Autism - journal article (BMJ) - "Prof Dodge raises some interesting questions. It might be one kind of issue if Mr Deer had legal access to the documents and possibly misused them, but what if he did not have legal access? Would this still be a matter for the civil courts, or something else? I think we need clarification." * ►March 11, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Editor in the eye of a storm Re: Reckless? - John Stone, Contributing editor: Age of Autism - journal article (BMJ) - "One of Dr Horton's greatest feats, of course, was to succeed in giving prosecution evidence against Andrew Wakefield at the GMC hearing having already advised them about how to bring about a prosecution in order to please the Secretary of State for Health:" * ►March 10, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Editor in the eye of a storm Reckless? - Edzard Ernst, Professor of Complementary Medicine Peninsual Medical School, University of Exeter - journal article (BMJ) Posted March 11, 2010 * ►March 11, 2010 - Well, Well, Well: Wakefield Questions by Connie Howard - Vue Weekly - "[Andrew] Wakefield has been singled out for the purpose of discouraging other doctors willing to listen to their patients and do the relevant research even when it challenges vaccine dogma. His career and reputation have been severely harmed as a result of putting his patients ahead of his own protection. But Wakefield views that as trivial compared to what has been lost to the children. In his mind, they are the real victims." * ►March 10, 2010 - Amanda Copeland: Autism: The Definition of A Social Wrong - The Huffington Post - "As these captive agencies annihilate the rare physicians of this recent age who have devoted their lives to the cause of preventing and treating autism, the tidal wave of children beset with autism are denied the fundamental right to access the medical attention they need to recover. As our current president, like all presidents before him, continues to allow the pharmaceutical and insurance lobby to exclude autism patients from medical coverage, that president and his government deny a civil right to its citizens trapped in autism as it grows to breathtaking numbers." * ►March 10, 2010 - Rapid Responses: Why did the Lancet take so long? Patient Confidentiality - John A. Dodge, Hon. Professor of Child Health University of Wales Swansea - journal article (BMJ) - " It is particularly surprising that a journalist for a lay newspaper under orders to find a big story (Mr Deer's own words) could persuade a respected teaching hospital to give him such data. Did the request go to the research ethics committee? Did he obtain written consent from the parents? Was he not given instructions to destroy all information which could possibly identify individuals as soon as he had extracted what he needed, in which case he should no longer hold names and addresses? Remembering the threat of litigation if journalists should try to reveal the immunisation status of the child of the then Prime Minister, I can only conclude that Mr Deer either covered his back and went through the correct procedures, or else that he assumed that the parents would have no appetite, or money, to take him, his newspaper or the hospital Trust to court for violating their privacy. I await his clarification with interest." * ►March 10, 2010 - Rapid Responses: Why did the Lancet take so long? Grave concerns - John Stone, Contributing editor: Age of Autism - journal article (BMJ) Posted March 10, 2010 * ►March 10, 2010 - Consider a Few Things about Dr. Wakefield, the GMC and the Autism-Vaccine Link - NaturalNews.com * ►March 9, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? Brian Deer's viewing of medical files. - Michael D Innis - journal article (BMJ) * ►March 9, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Editor in the eye of a storm "MMR - SCIENCE AND FICTION": the Richard Horton story III - John Stone, Contributing editor: Age of Autism - journal article (BMJ) * ►March 9, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? Brian Deer's viewing of medical files. - Hilary Butler, freelance journalist - journal article (BMJ) * ►March 9, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? Brian Deer's viewing of medical files. - F. Edward YAZBAK, Pediatrician - journal article (BMJ) - "It almost seems that Mr. Deer is less upset about what I wrote than about the fact that some web site somewhere had picked it up. I certainly have no idea where my remarks were circulated and by whom and I have no control of that. In any case: If anyone else misunderstood my statement (s), I sincerely apologize for the confusion. No deceit was ever intended! I must say that I am troubled that Mr. Deer was able to obtain the names and family backgrounds of the 12 original study patients. I am also surprised that he finds it fair to censor my defense of Dr. Wakefield after he subjected him to public flagellation for so long. Maybe it is time for Mr. Deer to take a deep breath and relax." Posted March 9, 2010 * ►March 9, 2010 - Jenny McCarthy: Who's Afraid Of The Truth About Autism? - The Huffington Post - "Who's afraid of the truth about Dr. Wakefield? Could it be the vaccine industry's spokespeople trying to put the vaccine-autism genie back in the bottle?" * ►March 8, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: MMR and other coincidences - F. Edward Yazbak MD, FAAP - journal article (BMJ) - "On October 21, 2009, Merck informed Health Care Providers [4] that “based on input from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), professional societies, scientific leaders, and customers” Merck had decided not to resume production of the monovalent measles, mumps and rubella vaccines. According to Merck, that “science-based decision” was taken in order to “support vaccination of the largest group of appropriate individuals.” On December 21, 2009, Merck announced that Dr. Gerberding had been named president of Merck Vaccines, effective January 25, 2010. Just one coincidence after another!" * ►March 8, 2010 - Editorial: Protection necessary for vaccine makers - The Aurora Sentinel * ►March 2010 - A timeline of the Wakefield retraction - journal article (Nature Medicine) Posted March 8, 2010 ►March 8, 2010 - Public slow to disbelieve science mistakes - Leeches still a good thing - Tech Eye - "The Great Unwashed are quick to believe scientific nonsense but slow to disbelieve it when it is proved wrong." Posted March 7, 2010 ►March 4, 2010 - A good case doesn't need spin - Spin in the service of a worthy cause is likely, ultimately, to do that cause more harm than good - The Guardian, UK - Comment by John Stone - "Actually, there is an issue here of scientific and instititutional bias. It seems that the Royal Free doctors were supposed to be professionally hostile to parents reporting vaccine damage, and disregard their children's symptoms. The basic message to parents who report vaccine damage from the medical community is "shut-up and go away", which is highly prejudicial to the evidence base. And it is social repression not science. Only when governments and the medical profession start to listen will they deserve to be trusted." ►March 3, 2010 - Controversial Study Connecting Vaccines to Autism Retracted - Health Care News via Heartland.org - "According to [Trisha] Greenhalgh, the lesson from this controversy is that people should question what they hear, even if it comes from a source they’re inclined to trust. 'We can learn that just because something is published in a top-quality medical journal doesn’t mean it’s good science,' said Greenhalgh." Posted March 6, 2010 * ►March 4, 2010 - Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism - Surprising Science Blog via Smithsonian.com - "Vaccines work. They don’t cause autism. Now, perhaps, scientists can spend their resources on figuring out what does instead of wasting them on a debunked theory." * ►March 4, 2010 - Controversial study linking vaccines to autism retracted - Johns Hopkins News-Letter * ►March 4, 2010 - Doubts may linger over vaccine safety despite study retraction - Johns Hopkins News-Letter * ►January 27, 2010 - On Second Looking into the Case of Dr. Andrew J. Wakefield by William Long, MDiv, PhD, JD (pdf) - The Autism File via Rescue Post Posted March 5, 2010 * ►March 11, 2010 - Fear, misinformation, and innumerates: How the Wakefield paper, the press, and advocacy groups damaged the public health - journal article (Vaccine) * ►March 5, 2010 - The Wakefield Inquisition: Case Series Insanity By Dan Olmsted - Age of Autism * ►March 5, 2010 - Sleepwalking Through Vaccine-Land by Sandy Gottstein (requires subscription) - Vaccination News * ►March 4, 2010 - Ten Million Kroner, and Head of Denmark Autism Studies, Missing - Adventures in Autism - "Almost two million dollars is missing from Aarhus University, along with the lead researcher of the Denmark Autism studies on which the CDC has based their 'no evidence of harm' opinion. His name has not been used in the articles, but the head of the program that they seem to be referring to is Kreesten M. Madsen, MD." * ►March 4, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? Did retracting the paper matter? - F. Edward Yazbak MD, FAAP - journal article (BMJ) - "It is clear that many were pleased when the Lancet retracted “the paper”. The question is: Did that accomplish much? Did it change the fact that "Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children" are related? Did it wipe out the brilliant observation by the GI team at the Royal Free that a gut- brain connection existed? The answer is obviously NO." * ►March 4, 2010 - Impact Factor: Can a Scientific Retraction Change Public Opinion? - A month after the keystone paper proposing a link between a common childhood vaccine series and autism was retracted, the debate rages on - Scientific American ►March 4, 2010 - 14 Monkeys 3: Mark Blaxill Swings and Misses for Wakefield Paper - Left Brain/Right Brain * ►March 3, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? I paid the price - Raymond Gallup - journal article (BMJ) - " I would like to add the following because it is outrageous and shameful what has happened to Dr. Wakefield and his colleagues. More research on the subject of vaccines and autism should be the order of the day and not denials. Denials do not help our kids with autism since treatments need to be introduced. Our son Eric was born normal in January 1985 but regressed into autism after receiving the MMR vaccine in April 1986. After receiving 3 hepatitis B vaccines in 1992/1993 Eric developed aggressions where he would bite, head-butt, kick, scratch and pull hair. He is in an out of state residential center because at home he broke two doors and attacked his sister, mother and father. He tested positive in blood tests for myelin basic protein antibodies and elevated measles antibody titers. A videotape shows Eric having speech and then regressing into autism after getting the MMR vaccine." ►March 3, 2010 - Dispatch: Soy, BPA, Acrylamide, Vaccine Rumors, and a Smoker's Epitaph - American Council on Science and Health - "'The message here is that, despite the retraction by The Lancet and all the negative publicity about Dr. Wakefield, there’s still a residual amount of fear and concern among parents,' says Dr. Whelan. 'Even though we think we’re beyond the autism-vaccine rumors, we’re not.'" Posted March 4, 2010 ►March 4, 2010 - Distrust of vaccines - letter - Vancouver Sun - "Re: Is there a link between childhood vaccines and autism?, Feb. 24 While I respect that The Vancouver Sun may have been trying to show balance in giving space to this piece, I submit that it was a bad choice in this instance. I find the thinking displayed by Mara Harvey to be ill informed and potentially dangerous." * ►March 3, 2010 - Brian Deer Hired to "Find Something Big" on MMR - By John Stone - Age of Autism Posted March 3, 2010 * ►March 3, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Reflections on investigating Wakefield At last the truth - John Stone - journal article (BMJ) * ►March 3, 2010 - Censorship and Show Trials on Vaccines and AIDS by Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD - Lew Rockwell - "Two tenets of today’s health care are that a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS and vaccines are effective and safe. Investigators who have the temerity to question this official dogma see their work blocked from publication, grant requests rejected, and in one signal case can even find themselves being subjected to a Soviet-style show trial. Andrew Wakefield (b. 1957) recently underwent such a trial in the UK held by its General Medical Council (GMC) Fitness to Practice Panel. Along with two other well-respected gastroenterologists, he was subjected to the longest, most expensive trial in that council’s 148-year history." * ►March 2, 2010 - Vaccine Rhetoric vs. Reality: Pediatrician Q & A - April Peveteaux, Mother'ish Brooklyn via True/Slant - "Wondering how parents are reacting to the recent discrediting of Dr. Wakefield, I talked to a Park Slope, Brooklyn parent and pediatrician, Dr. Philippa Gordon of Gordon & Glaser Pediatrics about how this hot button issue plays out in her office. ... Has this fear become prevalent just in the last 15 or so years, or longer? It actually started before Wakefield and it stared with the pertussis vaccine. What’s interesting to know is when vaccines do have side effects it’s a side effect that is also a side effect of the native disease. So the pertussis vaccine caused high fever and the pertussis germ causes high fever." ►March 2, 2010 - Flawed vaccine study officially retracted - Controversial autism study that has caused millions of parents around the world to fear childhood vaccines is officially retracted. - Mother Nature Network * ►March 1, 2010 - MMR Vaccine Perspective - Vitesis * ►February 2010 - Lancet Withdraws Article That Linked MMR, Autism (free full text) - Pediatric News - "Does the Lancet's withdrawal of the paper help vaccination advocates? “I think the retraction is far too little far too late,” Dr. Paul Offit, ok chief of the division of infectious diseases and the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, okid in an interview. “The Lancet published a hypothesis that was unsupported and has since been disproven by careful scientific study. But there is no undoing the harm of that original paper. Many parents abandoned the MMR vaccine. As a consequence, hundreds of children were hospitalized and four were killed by measles. This retraction will do nothing to change that.” Posted March 2, 2010 * ►March 2, 2010 - Rapid Responses to: Why did the Lancet take so long? How Unfortunate! - F. Edward Yazbak MD, FAAP - journal article (BMJ) - "Our family was simply jubilant when our big boy was accepted in the “study” and we can attest that all his testing was justified, fully and clearly explained and expertly carried out. He was never hurt or injured in any way. In fact he looked forward to his trips to Hampstead. If after all this time we were asked to summarize in one word our Royal Free experience that word would be “SPECTACULAR”. Now if I had to describe in one word my perception of the GMC hearings, that word would have to be “OUTRAGEOUS”. What is happening to Professor Walker-Smith, Professor Simon Murch and Dr. Andrew Wakefield, three dedicated and wonderful physicians is unjust, unfair and unforgivable. Competing interests: Grandfather of a child with regressive autism" * ►March 2, 2010 - Joan Cranmer’s Fateful Decisions and the Suppression of Autism Science By Mark Blaxill - Age of Autism - "On February 12, 2010 the journal Neurotoxicology made a quiet change on its web-site to an 'in-press' article that had previously been available as an 'epub ahead of print.' There was no press release or public announcement, simply an entry change." ►March 2, 2010 - The truth will out - Alan Coughlan explores the furore around the MMR vaccination, and whether there is any truth to its reputed dangers - University Observer Online, Ireland * ►March 1, 2010 - Silenced Witnesses: UK Autism Parents Speak Out (includes video) - Age of Autism - "CryShame has posted a powerful video of UK parents who watched their children slip into autism as recorded in Silenced Witnesses Volume 2 More Parents’ Stories. SWII: The Parents’ Story, is about the denial of vaccine damage by government, corporations and the media as recorded by the parents, and published by Age of Autism contributor Martin J. Walker of Slingshot Publications." * ►March 1, 2010 - Study: 25 Percent of Parents Believe in Autism-Vaccine Link (includes video) - WJLA ABC 7 - "Donna Budway says her 13-year-old daughter, Emma, changed right after a vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. 'She was perfectly normally developing,' she recalled. 'At 16 months had the booster and within four months, at 20 months, she was pretty much gone. She was a shell of a child.'" * ►March 1, 2010 - Storks, Vaccines and Causation - The apparent connection between vaccines and autism didn’t reveal much about medical safety but did reveal lots about thinking. - Miller-McCune Online Magazine Posted March 1, 2010 * ►March 1, 2010 - Vaccinations Widespread but Worrisome for Parents - Docs Must Allay Vaccine Worries With Education, Experts Say (includes video) - ABC News * ►March 1, 2010 - 1 in 4 Parents Buys Unproven Vaccine-Autism Link - 1 in 4 parents believes unproven vaccine-autism link, but most do what doctor says is best - AP via ABC News - "Some doctors are taking a tough stand, asking vaccine-refusing parents to find other doctors and calling such parents 'selfish.' A statement from a group practice near Philadelphia outlines its doctors' adamant support for government recommended vaccines and their belief that 'vaccines do not cause autism or other developmental disabilities.' 'Furthermore, by not vaccinating your child you are taking selfish advantage of thousands of other who do vaccinate their children ... We feel such an attitude to be self-centered and unacceptable,' the statement says, urging those who 'absolutely refuse' vaccines to find another physician. 'We call it the manifesto,' said Dr. Bradley Dyer of All Star Pediatrics in Lionville, Pa." * ►March 1, 2010 - Get the vaccines - editorial - Chicago Tribune - "Earlier this month, Lancet editors issued a startling statement: "We fully retract this paper from the published record." It was a humbling admission. It came too late. The article, combined with many anecdotal cases, scared people. No one can help but be rattled by the accounts of vibrant, lively toddlers who, within days or weeks of receiving a vaccine, retreated from human contact and showed other signs of autism. Many parents decided that the dangers of vaccines far outweighed the risks. And that created some significant health risks." * ►March 1, 2010 - Vaccine research does not cut it - The Border Mail, AU * ►March 1, 2010 - Turning a blind Eye to the truth - Private Eye’s feeble apology for its support for Dr Andrew Wakefield reminds us of the media’s uncritical complicity in the MMR-autism theory. - Here’s a sentence I never expected to read: ‘Private Eye got it wrong in its coverage of MMR.’ Of course, even a degree of contrition over its egregious record of support for Dr Andrew Wakefield, whom the General Medical Council recently judged guilty of dishonesty and irresponsibility, is welcome. But the Eye’s apology falls far short of acknowledging the true scale of its failure – which is symptomatic of the wider failure of the media in relation to the MMR/autism controversy. - Dr Michael Fitzpatrick via spiked * ►March 1, 2010 - Letters: Evaluate autism research - Sioux Falls Argus Leader - "In response to the article in the Feb. 3 Argus Leader "Study linking vaccines, autism a sham," I want to address both sides of this issue. The mainstream view is, of course, that the data in the original study by British surgeon and medical researcher Andrew Wakefield is inconclusive, no link was found and vaccines do not cause autism. Wakefield selected 12 children with autism and with existing gastrointestinal problems, known as problematic in many autistic children. Wakefield never has stated the study was conclusive." Posted February 28, 2010 * ►Andrew Wakefield Documents, Articles & Supporting Info - website Posted February 27, 2010 * ►February 27, 2010 - Seeking common ground in the autism-vaccine debate - op-ed (requires registration) - The Boston Globe - "The doubters are often educated and affluent: When she practiced pediatrics in inner-city Philadelphia, Dr. Meg Fisher rarely saw parents who questioned vaccines, but in the New Jersey suburbs where she now works, the skeptics are more plentiful. And some of the country’s lowest vaccination rates are in places like Berkeley, Calif., and Boulder, Colo., according to Arthur Allen, the author of 'Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver.’ 'It’s sort of where the intellectual hippies meet the black helicopter crowd,’ Allen said." Posted February 26, 2010 * ►February 25, 2010 - Austin autism center losing second key person - Salud Blog via Austin American-Statesman - "Dr. Arthur Krigsman, a gastroenterologist who treats intestinal disorders and performs colonoscopies on some children, is leaving in early spring to set up a separate office, Thoughtful House said in a statement today. Krigsman, who also has a practice in New York, and Dr. Bryan Jepson are not employees of the center but see patients there." * ►February 25, 2010 - The real value in the Wakefield autism study - ZDNet Healthcare ►February 25, 2010 - ABC Radio interviews Brian Deer - Left Brain/Right Brain * ►February 24, 2010 - The MMR vaccine scare - transcript and audio - Rear Vision via www.abc.net.au - "How did the Lancet, Britain's oldest and most respected medical journal, come to publish a fraudulent study linking the measles mumps rubella vaccination with autism?" ►February 4, 2010 - Expert available to discuss Lancet’s retraction of paper on autism study - University of New Hampshire via News-Medical.net Posted February 25, 2010 * ►February 25, 2010 - Breaking news: game over, autism wins - column - NorthJersey.com - "But nobody found Dr. Wakefield’s science invalid. The guy still found live mumps and measles viruses in the digestive tracts of the autistic children he studied. Other medical professionals verified his findings. If the viruses didn’t come from the triple-whammy MMR shot, then where did they come from? How do you get rid of them? Why isn’t anyone else asking these questions?" * ►February 25, 2010 - Is there such a thing as an objective science journal? - The Daily Caller - "Studies published in peer-reviewed journals become the basis for everything from the advice your doctor gives you to the very laws that govern us. A journal’s ability to tell good science from bad is critical. But some journals have used poor judgment, and even replaced judgment with a bias of their own." * ►February 24, 2010 - Autism and the Link to Infectious Disease - Aetiology via ScienceBlogs ►February 24, 2010 - MMR doctor Andrew Wakefield seeks comms help to rejuvenate reputation - Controversial MMR scare doctor Andrew Wakefield is seeking PR support to rehabilitate his image in the public eye. - PRWeek - "Carol Stott, a research associate of Wakefield's, has approached Max Clifford to help repair his image. However, Max Clifford Associates consultant Louise Clifford said: 'Unless Andrew Wakefield receives support from the medical community and they speak up for him, Max does not want anything to do with him.'" * ►February 23, 2010 - Expert: H1N1 Vaccines Do Not Contain Mercury (includes video) - WCCO.com - "'There's been dozens and dozens of studies that have not shown any link, at all, between vaccines and autism,' said Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist Patsy Stinchfield. She said it is saddening how a flawed 1998 British study caused childhood disease rates to climb as fears of autism made vaccination rates for measles, mumps and rubella fall. Last month that research by Dr. Andrew Wakefield was declared unethical. However, suspicions for all vaccines linger. One reason surrounds the vaccine preservative Thimerosal which contains trace amounts of mercury. Most H1N1 flu vaccines don't contain any mercury. 'The nasal does not have mercury in it. The individual flu vaccine doses does not have mercury in it,' said Stinchfield. 'All of our normal childhood vaccines have no mercury in it.'"
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