U.K. Bans Doctor Andrew Wakefield Who Linked Autism to MMR Vaccine

AOL ^ | 5/24/2010

[Fight4Freedom1]

A gastroenterologist who persuaded millions of parents worldwide that the vaccine used to prevent measles, mumps and rubella might cause autism has been banned from practicing medicine in his native Britain after the country's top medical group said Monday he conducted his research unethically.

Dr. Andrew Wakefield was the first researcher to publish a peer-reviewed study suggesting a connection between autism, inflammatory bowel disease and the MMR vaccine.

In February, Britain's leading medical journal, "The Lancet, "retracted Wakefield's controversial 1998 study just days after Wakefield was found guilty by a British panel of acting unethically in his research on autism.

Wakefield's study prompted a worldwide anti-vaccination movement, which has been partially blamed for an outbreak of measles that hit 15 U.S. states in the summer of 2008. American parents have gone so far as throwing "measles parties," in which they expose their children to the virus to help them build up a natural resistance to it, in an effort to avoid giving their children the vaccination. Doctors have said this practice is both dangerous and ineffective.

Previously, 10 of the 13 authors who worked on Wakefield's study renounced its conclusions, and "The Lancet" has said it should never have published the research.

[Fight4Freedom1]

Link:http://www.aolhealth.com/2010/05/24/uk-bans-doctor-who-linked-autism-to-vaccine/?icid=main|htmlws-main-w|dl1|link1|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolhealth.com%2F2010%2F05%2F24%2Fuk-bans-doctor-who-linked-autism-to-vaccine%2F

I call BS on these accusations! This is what happens when you speak out.

[Fight4Freedom1]

Sorry, here’s the link..

http://www.aolhealth.com/2010/05/24/uk-bans-doctor-who-linked-autism-to-vaccine/?icid=main|htmlws-main-w|dl1|link1|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolhealth.com%2F2010%2F05%2F24%2Fuk-bans-doctor-who-linked-autism-to-vaccine%2F

[omega4179]

I would point out he is whistle blowing on a government run health care system and the big vaccine industry.

[therut]

Can we now Ban RFK,JR. What a NUT.

[whattajoke]

great news. the guy should be prosecuted as well.

[melsec]

So now the courts can get to the unethical work done by their Climate Change people. They must have been waiting to get this court case out of the way - Am I right ...........(sound of crickets chirping)...............................

[citizenredstater9271]

The government won’t stop growing until it tkaes over every aspect of our lives. This man is a hero for whistleblowing. How many kids are in danger because of government approved vaccines?

[BykrBayb]

ping

(beware the nut bucket)

[Toddsterpatriot]

U.K. Bans Doctor Andrew Wakefield Who Falsely Linked Autism to MMR Vaccine

This is what happens when you speak out.

Only if you cheat on your research while speaking out.

[Toddsterpatriot]

This man is a hero for whistleblowing. How many kids are in danger because of government approved vaccines?

How many kids died because their parents believed his phony research? He should go to jail.

[whattajoke]

How many kids are in danger because of government approved vaccines?

That would be zero, none, nada, zippo. This guy lied/cheated, advocated for sheer lunacy, fear-mongered, and co-opted an empty[-headed Playboy Playmate to become his talking head. He's a criminal in my mind.

[Fight4Freedom1]

“How many kids are in danger because of government approved vaccines?”

Millions, unless more Parents do their OWN research & stop relying on the “experts”(used very lightly) to tell them what is best for THEIR child! People need to wake-up, start thinking for themselves & not be such sheeple.

[slowhandluke]

That would be zero, none, nada, zippo.

Not so fast, there. Vaccines are not trouble free: FDA warns using one brand of Rotavirus vaccine

You should not indulge in exaggeration when trying to call the other guy a liar, it really kills your case.

[citizenredstater9271]

And now NObama wants to take over health care in America. I would think all American parents would be forced to vaccinate there children under liberalfascist obamacare. Watch and autism will skyrocket once gov. mandates start coming.

[whattajoke]

Not so fast, there. Vaccines are not trouble free: FDA warns using one brand of Rotavirus vaccine You should not indulge in exaggeration when trying to call the other guy a liar, it really kills your case.

The claimed a link b/w vaccinations and autism. You give me a link that one particular vaccine contains some pig virus that is said to be harmless to humans (which I'd caveat - "for now!") I think my case is pretty safe.

[metmom]

Peer reviewed science ping

[metmom]

What about the peer review panel that published his work?

Them as well?

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[count-your-change]

If it ducks like a quack, then it a quack. Send him back.

[whattajoke]

What about the peer review panel that published his work? Them as well?

Were they complicit in his purposeful obfuscation? (No.) If they were, then sure. His entire analysis was equivalent to me writing a paper showing that receiving Medicare checks and the onset of Alzeimer's are related.