Shocker! Original Anti-Vax Researcher Is a Fucking Liar!

[Gangster_Octopus]

Check this story out at Daily Kos which cites a story from the Sunday Times (UK):

THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link with autism, a Sunday Times investigation has found.

Confidential medical documents and interviews with witnesses have established that Andrew Wakefield manipulated patients’ data, which triggered fears that the MMR triple vaccine to protect against measles, mumps and rubella was linked to the condition.

So what has this fucker wrought?

Despite involving just a dozen children, the 1998 paper’s impact was extraordinary. After its publication, rates of inoculation fell from 92% to below 80%. Populations acquire “herd immunity” from measles when more than 95% of people have been vaccinated.

Last week official figures showed that 1,348 confirmed cases of measles in England and Wales were reported last year, compared with 56 in 1998. Two children have died of the disease.

This asshole and the anti-vax nutjobs can all rot in hell.

[Rhubarb]

And in other breaking news, Quartz started this rant yesterday. Although, to be fair, with much less vitriol.

[Happy_Fun_Ball]

Did you see this thread? My guess is you missed it…

[Happy_Fun_Ball]

Oh, by the way. I like yours better, especially this part

@Gangster Octopus

This asshole and the anti-vax nutjobs can all rot in hell.

I couldn’t agree more.

[Der_Trihs]

@Rhubarb

And in other breaking news, Quartz started this rant yesterday. Although, to be fair, with much less vitriol.

And a much less understandable thread title.

[Chief_Pedant]

Wait til the guy who doped up the climate modeling for anthropogenic greenhouse gases fesses up.

That’s gonna be pitting worth following.

Everybody wants their 15 minutes.

[Der_Trihs]

@Chief_Pedant

Wait til the guy who doped up the climate modeling for anthropogenic greenhouse gases fesses up.

That’s gonna be pitting worth following.

Especially since he’d need to be part of a Bond-esque world conspiracy, since AGW isn’t a theory created by one study.

[Gangster_Octopus]

@Rhubarb

And in other breaking news, Quartz started this rant yesterday. Although, to be fair, with much less vitriol.

Well, fuck me sideways. Oh well, please accept my belated outrage.

[Giraffe]

@Gangster_Octopus

Well, fuck me sideways. Oh well, please accept my belated outrage.

No worries. Since this thread hasn’t really gotten started (apart from pointing out the other thread), I’ll just go ahead and close it.