Tag Archives: Wakefield
The Wakefield-in-the-room.
On a fine Saturday afternoon, I attended a seminar from Pediatric Chiropractor, Nimrod Weiner, entitled Vaccinations: Make an Informed Decision. Sounds like a loaded title doesn’t it? And it was, as you’re about to find out. To set the scene, the audience consisted of about 20 people, mostly women (several pregnant) and assorted couples with very young … Read on »
Wakefield “erased”
Dr Andrew Wakefield, the researcher at the centre of the 1998 Lancet paper which outlined a supposed link between the childhood MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine and autism, has been found guilty of “serious professional misconduct” and his name will be “erased” from the UK medical register, pending any appeal. The UK General Medical Council, which made the recent … Read on »
Another blow for Wakefield as Neurotoxicology paper withdrawn
A study authored by Andrew Wakefield and published in the journal “Neurotoxicology” has been withdrawn overnight. This follows last weeks complete retraction by The Lancet of his now notorious 1998 study that suggested a link between MMR vaccine and autism. Following The Lancet retraction on February 2nd, 2010, the anti-vax movement latched onto the Neurotoxicology paper as … Read on »
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