” Show me data that shows a higher than expected autism rate in black males in either the United States or Georgia.”
We’ve been discussing this for several posts now.
Pay attention.
There was data showing a link. CDC officials TOSSED it. And HAVE ADMITTED to doing so.
One, in particular, has admitted to doing so. And promptly lawyered up. I suspect because the industry indemnification legislation does NOT cover individuals committing data fraud.
And the CDC boss that was asking Thompson to lie about the data? Is now head of Merck’s vaccine division.
SHOW ME DATA IN GEORGIA OR THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES THAT SHOWS A 300% GREATER INCIDENCE OF AUTISM FOR BLACK MALES IN THE OVERALL POPULATION.
Yes, I know the data that showed in their sample that was discarded. But it should be infinitely easy to show that black males are 300% more likely to have autism than any other group in the overall population.
The data was properly discarded, it has been written about extensively, it incorporated inoculation records of a sample group that included a federally funded pre-school program for autistic black males which required immunization to enroll. Yes, this data was tossed. BECAUSE IT DOES NOT PAN OUT FOR THE GREATER POPULATION. It is bad data, unless you've got some evidence to show it isn't?
I'm waiting...
Really? Then where is the data? Thompson sat silent for 10 years and all of a sudden feels guilty for what he (and his colleagues) did? He feels so bad, in fact, that he's hiding behind the whistle blower laws. And this is the kind of guy the anti-vaccine industry wants to hold up as their proof? Good grief, you people will believe anything.
Thompson is quick to indict his coworkers even though there’s no evidence that they did anything wrong. Unless, of course, you believe that disagreeing with Thompson on how to analyze the data is criminal. Thompson has turned a scientific disagreement into allegations of unethical behavior based on accusations he is also running from - “Reasonable scientists can and do differ in their interpretation of information.” Wow, Thompson disagrees on how to interpret data? This is hugh and series. He claims, after 10 agonizing years of wrestling with his conscience, that the data allegedly omitted is significant. His colleagues disagree. We have never seen anything like this in modern science before. No wonder the mommy-bloggers are on the warpath!
Never does Thompson claim that he expressed any reservations to his colleagues that this data was not included in the paper before it was published. He says “I believe the protocol was not followed”.....I believe...? With such certitude from the accuser how could anyone doubt the veracity of this man's claims?
But Thompson is an amiable guy who also believes, like every other scientist worth the paper his degree is printed on, that CDC decision-making and analyses should be transparent.
And the crowd goes wild!
The best part of this story is that it confirms what we have known to be true for a long time: Brian Hooker is a gutter dweller who will say and do anything to advance his junk science driven cause.
This doctor has guys like Hooker, Wakefield and Thompson figured out:
"If you analyze data enough times and enough ways, you're bound to find something that is statistically significant," said Witznitzer, after looking at both studies. "This does not mean that the result is a true positive (vs. a false positive) or meaningful."
Same as it every was.....*yawn*....and the panic of the Luddites continues.