tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808922116929909223.post6017473566510122384..comments2023-10-07T16:18:35.459+08:00Comments on Heaven, Purgatory and Hell: Fraud in medicineKid at hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13285008558512903105noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808922116929909223.post-4613524090766396132011-01-10T08:58:27.327+08:002011-01-10T08:58:27.327+08:00Thanks for your comment and information Liz. I re...Thanks for your comment and information Liz. I read the article of Kev and I share the same thoughts. We really need to put back into perspective the real goal of helping autism patients.Kid at hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285008558512903105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808922116929909223.post-87726301007275235552011-01-10T07:37:40.199+08:002011-01-10T07:37:40.199+08:00Thanks for writing this thoughtful post.
I'...Thanks for writing this thoughtful post. <br /><br />I'm keeping a list of positive responses to the BMJ (Yes Wakefield is a fraud, and here are the implications...) and negative responses (Wakefield's research IS TOO valid and vaccines cause autism anyway) at <a href="http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2011/01/a-roundup-of-responses-to-the-british-medical-journal-andrew-wakefields-research-was-motivated-by-a-.html" rel="nofollow">A roundup of responses to the BJM & Wakefield's research was motivated by fraud</a>.<br /><br />Some observations<br />1. The positive responses come from a broad range of sites -- politically left and right; people who are skeptics/ people who have heretofore (to my knowledge) never commented on vaccines or autism before, and so on. The negative responses are from a predictable set of sites and people.<br />2. The news coverage in the US has (perhaps inadvertently) perpetrated the idea that all parents of children with autism believe in the vaccine causation myth. It is a complete falsehood. Many parents of children with autism and adults with autism robustly reject the myth. <br />3. Kev Leitch, whose daughter has intense autism, has a moving post on <a href="http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2011/01/why-does-it-matter-what-happens-to-andrew-wakefield/" rel="nofollow">how Wakefield's actions have damaged everyone affected by autism</a>Liz Ditzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455722013211350247noreply@blogger.com