Plenty of people feel guilty for years before they finally cop to bad behavior. Deathbed confessions aren’t unheard of by any means.
Why do you think he would toast a heretofore fine career otherwise?
Perhaps he met an African American child with severe autism and had personal experience with the results of his data exclusion.
Perhaps he had a medical scare of some sort and feared meeting his maker with this on his conscience.
It’s difficult to believe he would have wanted to ‘wakefield’ himself for no purpose.
The only question is, how many of his OTHER papers are suspect now. Was there an understanding that such things were tolerated or even expected?
This same sort of ‘coming out’ has happened many times in the climate science industry as well.
Corrupt science eventually falls apart.
So guilty, in fact, he's hiding behind a mouthpiece known for obtaining large cash awards for whistleblowers.
Perhaps he met an African American child with severe autism and had personal experience with the results of his data exclusion.
Perhaps he had a disagreement with a colleague about how to interpret data and they made fun of him?
Perhaps he had a medical scare of some sort and feared meeting his maker with this on his conscience.
Perhaps he needs money.....and attention.
It’s difficult to believe he would have wanted to ‘wakefield’ himself for no purpose.
Yet Wakefield and Hooker continue to discredit everything they say and do. Hard to believe, isn't it?
The only question is, how many of his OTHER papers are suspect now
Please feel free to refute the plethora of studies out there showing that vaccines have nothing to do with autism.
Was there an understanding that such things were tolerated or even expected?
Yes, disagreements over how to interpret data is so unscientific. I'm sure it only occurs when something nefarious is afoot.
This same sort of ‘coming out’ has happened many times in the climate science industry as well.
Right, because the incredible number of lives saved by vaccines over the past century, and the massive drop in reported diseases that used to kill and maim millions, especially among children under the age of five, is just like the fraud perpetrated by the AGW crowd. Do you even read your absolute nonsense before posting?
Corrupt science eventually falls apart.
The only thing corrupt here is Thompson and your interpretation of what he wrote. The anti-vaccine crowd is no different than the AGW folks. You will believe anything.