I have the same reaction toward products like Airborne, which is marketed as having been "developed by a school teacher!" If you're not familiar (I'm not sure what news crosses the pond), there was recently a lawsuit against the company because they were making unsubstantiated claims. As a result, I believe they had to change the packaging and give refunds to people who had purchased the product.
Yup. Big supporter of the anti-vaccine gang, led by Andrew Wakefield. As an update, Andrew Wakefield's paper on the link between autism and vaccination has been retracted, in fact "Andrew Wakefield was found guilty by the General Medical Council last week of dishonesty and flouting ethics protocols.
The UK regulator held that Dr Wakefield abused his position, subjected children to intrusive procedures such as lumbar puncture and colonoscopy that were not clinically indicated, carried out research that breached the conditions of ethics committee approval, and brought the medical profession into disrepute...
..Dr Wakefield, 52, failed to disclose to the Lancet that his research had received funding from the Legal Aid Board through a solicitor who hoped to mount a legal action against the manufacturer and that he had also filed a patent application for a new vaccine."
Ten of the original 13 authors have retracted the interpretation of the data. Later on it was found that some of the data was fabricated and not statistically
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People are very easily led by the nose. It makes me rage...
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Isn't she the one who told everyone that thimerosal caused autism?
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The UK regulator held that Dr Wakefield abused his position, subjected children to intrusive procedures such as lumbar puncture and colonoscopy that were not clinically indicated, carried out research that breached the conditions of ethics committee approval, and brought the medical profession into disrepute...
..Dr Wakefield, 52, failed to disclose to the Lancet that his research had received funding from the Legal Aid Board through a solicitor who hoped to mount a legal action against the manufacturer and that he had also filed a patent application for a new vaccine."
Ten of the original 13 authors have retracted the interpretation of the data. Later on it was found that some of the data was fabricated and not statistically ( ... )
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