those anti-vaccine people are wrong according to Lancet :p
I hope those nuts stop their craziness have their baby's get shots so other people wouldn't be at risk for their stupidity.
And now, the antivax failure is complete: The Lancet withdraws Wakefield’s paper
Oh, this is wonderful to hear: The Lancet — a leading UK professional medical research journal — is retracting the paper published by Andrew Wakefield back in 1998 that linked vaccines with autism.
The paper has been found to be multiply and fatally flawed, with Wakefield and his work being thoroughly discredited. As the Lancet editorial itself states:
Following the judgment of the UK General Medical Council’s Fitness to Practise Panel on Jan 28, 2010, it has become clear that several elements of the 1998 paper by Wakefield et al. are incorrect, contrary to the findings of an earlier investigation. In particular, the claims in the original paper that children were “consecutively referred” and that investigations were “approved” by the local ethics committee have been proven to be false. Therefore we fully retract this paper from the published record.
That’s great news, especially after Wakefield had his head handed to him last week by the GMC over his unethical and irresponsible behavior that led to this horrible paper being published in the first place.
The Lancet statement is a bit bloodless… but they are a professional research journal and not a blog, so it’s not appropriate for them to call out Wakefield in more emotional — and utterly deserved — terms. It’s up to the blogs to call out Wakefield for his tireless efforts in creating of the modern antivaccination movement, which is becoming so successful that measles, mumps, pertussis, and other preventable diseases are on the rise again. And to note that not only was his research wrong, but that he may have faked his data. And to say that he has a huge conflict of interest here, since at the time he was involved in creating an alternative to vaccination that would make him very, very rich if people became scared to vaccinate their kids. And to inform people that Wakefield was in the pocket of lawyers trying to sue the vaccine industry. And to basically call out the entire antivax movement for the incredible damage they have done and continue to do to public health.
All that’s left now is for the GMC to officially sanction Wakefield, disbar him, essentially, to finish this all up officially.
Of course, that won’t even slow Wakefield or the antivaxxers. They don’t care for the real world, based on evidence and fact. They are, for all intents and purposes, religious zealots now, believing in Wakefield, Jenny McCarthy, and the rest with such fervor that there is literally no amount of evidence that can ever sway them. And they will continue to spin, fold, and mutilate the truth, while we watch as diseases rise back from the dead, infecting hundreds of thousands of people, and killing many of them.
Never forget what’s at stake here. Never.
My thanks to the many, many BABloggees who sent me email or tweeted about this.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/02/02/and-now-the-antivax-failure-is-complete-the-lancet-withdraws-wakefields-paper/
And now, the antivax failure is complete: The Lancet withdraws Wakefield’s paper
Oh, this is wonderful to hear: The Lancet — a leading UK professional medical research journal — is retracting the paper published by Andrew Wakefield back in 1998 that linked vaccines with autism.
The paper has been found to be multiply and fatally flawed, with Wakefield and his work being thoroughly discredited. As the Lancet editorial itself states:
Following the judgment of the UK General Medical Council’s Fitness to Practise Panel on Jan 28, 2010, it has become clear that several elements of the 1998 paper by Wakefield et al. are incorrect, contrary to the findings of an earlier investigation. In particular, the claims in the original paper that children were “consecutively referred” and that investigations were “approved” by the local ethics committee have been proven to be false. Therefore we fully retract this paper from the published record.
That’s great news, especially after Wakefield had his head handed to him last week by the GMC over his unethical and irresponsible behavior that led to this horrible paper being published in the first place.
The Lancet statement is a bit bloodless… but they are a professional research journal and not a blog, so it’s not appropriate for them to call out Wakefield in more emotional — and utterly deserved — terms. It’s up to the blogs to call out Wakefield for his tireless efforts in creating of the modern antivaccination movement, which is becoming so successful that measles, mumps, pertussis, and other preventable diseases are on the rise again. And to note that not only was his research wrong, but that he may have faked his data. And to say that he has a huge conflict of interest here, since at the time he was involved in creating an alternative to vaccination that would make him very, very rich if people became scared to vaccinate their kids. And to inform people that Wakefield was in the pocket of lawyers trying to sue the vaccine industry. And to basically call out the entire antivax movement for the incredible damage they have done and continue to do to public health.
All that’s left now is for the GMC to officially sanction Wakefield, disbar him, essentially, to finish this all up officially.
Of course, that won’t even slow Wakefield or the antivaxxers. They don’t care for the real world, based on evidence and fact. They are, for all intents and purposes, religious zealots now, believing in Wakefield, Jenny McCarthy, and the rest with such fervor that there is literally no amount of evidence that can ever sway them. And they will continue to spin, fold, and mutilate the truth, while we watch as diseases rise back from the dead, infecting hundreds of thousands of people, and killing many of them.
Never forget what’s at stake here. Never.
My thanks to the many, many BABloggees who sent me email or tweeted about this.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/02/02/and-now-the-antivax-failure-is-complete-the-lancet-withdraws-wakefields-paper/
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Thanks for sharing. That is huge news!
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landlord wrote: Thanks for sharing. That is huge news!
Anyone who has actually looked at the data has known this for years. Unfortunately, the ill-informed Jenny McCarthys of the world are better at getting publicity.
Still, it's still great that the veneer of scientific respectability for their view has been lifted. -
I'm afraid its too late for that now...Once that kind of stuff is out there, people will continue to believe it...A lot of them will probably think that the Lancet just got corrupted by the Big Pharma conspiracy (I give it 3-6 months before a story gets circulated about how someone connected with the author of the retraction got some sort of a grant from the pharma companies and therefore its a lie) and ignore the retraction...
Anyway, anyone who takes medical advice from Jenny McCarthy has bigger issues... -
There's a whole industry built around this one set of corrupted data and that is not going to go away quickly. Those profiting from this further the idea and are selling all kinds of products to the desperate parents of autistic kids.
All of the many authors but the one said it was wrong and pulled their names from it a long time ago. -
Is there any research on the increase in the number of children being diagnosed as autistic and the decline in the number of children being diagnosed with other mental disabilities?
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hmm i wonder how do those fools get their kids into school, cause as a immigrant when i came here, they wouldn't allow me in unless i already got them shots.
unless the shots are only for immigrants to prove. -
Amen to this.
I believe everyone has to have the shots armchair, not just immigrants. There are exceptions for religious grounds, but that is rare. I think the real anti-vaccine nuts choose to home school. -
Not that anyone would ever do this, but dr's signatures are notoriously hard to read...
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armchair_warrior wrote: hmm i wonder how do those fools get their kids into school, cause as a immigrant when i came here, they wouldn't allow me in unless i already got them shots.
Yep, everyone is supposed to have them but I'm sure checking on them is one of those things that some school districts just don't prioritize and might let some kids slip through.
unless the shots are only for immigrants to prove. -
the usual thing is that parents claim "religious objection" even if their real reason has nothing to do with that. most districts aren't going to fight that, since you can always claim you've developed some new aspect to your faith. :roll:
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Yes, all kinds of irrational beliefs become accepted by society once they're labeled as "religion."
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Ha. dingding.
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Tridentine wrote: I know.
Yes. Being grounded in reality is easier.
It's just easier. -
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Tridentine wrote: Posting cartoons is fun but, so is reading articles, observing data and having grownup dialog about conflicting data.
Perhaps you were unaware that Carny is a practicing MD...
Dismissing all the above right off the bat is petty.
Guess all the MDs, RNs, Phds, Scientists, Journalists, Senators, Lawyers, and Natural Medicine doctors that helped to bring these points up are just not grounded in reality.
You fail.
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If Carny and I were to work together, Tridentine could get excellent mental health care and meds.
...but, as they say, first the patient must want change.
Tridentine, I'm betting you are among those who have been anally probed by aliens who are trying to rescue their kin secretly imprisoned by the military at Area 51.
Would you like to join my support group? As a peer, I started it.
http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55734
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The patient must want change.... If you are ever ready, we'll be here for you
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Tridentine wrote: You epically fail again.
Having been down this road before, we know that it's not worth it. Vaccines have literally saved MILLIONS of lives. Being anti-vaccine isn't a rational scientific position, it's a religion. For me to offer "credible counterpoints" against your ridiculous anti-vaccine nonsense would be just as much of a waste of time as it would be for me to try to convince you that your religion didn't make sense. You put on a front about wanting genuine dialogue, but would never accept facts that are counter to your beliefs. You only want a platform to spread more of your hysteria.
You avoided reading any info from the credible counterpoints, and just resorted
to strictly pathetic personal insults.
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Carnie, what's wrong with teaching the controversy? (sarcasm). Isn't every point of view worthy of discussion? The world is flat. It was created 10,000 years ago. Evolution is a myth. Etc. (all sarcasm)
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Is there a site that lets a person opt-in to all conspiracy theories?
Or perhaps some sort of recommendations engine for just all those that appeal to me?
Conspigurator? -
Were not Microsoft, Google and Facebook literally all over that, I'd think they'd be all over that.
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Lots of them. Http://www.google.com/#/m/search?uipref=6&q=conspiracy theories&channel=gp1&og=gp&source=gp. ( including area 51!)
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No, I mean like an engine that matches preferences.
Without reading my brain waves, tho. -
Admittedly, some people are harder to match
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