Anyone here not vaccinate their kids with MMR?

[ASB]

http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/4129.asp

For anyone interested

Fitness to Practise hearings
Dr Andrew WAKEFIELD Professor John WALKER-SMITH Professor Simon MURCH
Fitness to Practise Panel

Planned dates: 19 November - 23 December 2009
This session is expected to last 25 days.

I'm not sure what the basis of the hearing is about. The dodgy conclusions (though I believe they have been partially replicated in other studies - unpublished) or the way in which the research was conducted and funded.

[sasguru]

I'm not sure what the basis of the hearing is about. The dodgy conclusions (though I believe they have been partially replicated in other studies - unpublished) or the way in which the research was conducted and funded.

AFAIK its because he didn't disclose links/funding that could have biased his results.

[shaunbhoy]

AFAIK its because he didn't disclose links/funding that could have biased his results.

Pity they don't apply those principles to some of the GW Lobbyists eh?

[Pogle]

I'm not sure what the basis of the hearing is about. The dodgy conclusions (though I believe they have been partially replicated in other studies - unpublished) or the way in which the research was conducted and funded.

It goes into detail of the alligations in the link

[sasguru]

Pity they don't apply those principles to some of the GW Lobbyists eh?

Indeed the amount of money companies like Exxon have spent on funding anti-AGW websites/"think tanks"/op-eds/PR etc in a disinformation campaign that is swallowed whole by gullible cretins of your ilk is truly shocking.

HTH

[shaunbhoy]

Indeed the amount of money companies like Exxon have spent on funding anti-AGW websites/"think tanks"/op-eds/PR etc in a disinformation campaign that is swallowed whole by gullible cretins of your ilk is truly shocking.

HTH

If you look in the rear view mirror of that bubble that you live in, you will notice that you have missed yet another point. No change there then!!

[ASB]

AFAIK its because he didn't disclose links/funding that could have biased his results.

It's not just that.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6289166.stm

[sasguru]

If you look in the rear view mirror of that bubble that you live in, you will notice that you have missed yet another point. No change there then!!

You'll forgive me if I pay the same attention to your wittering posts as I would to a small, not very intelligent, terrier barking in a corner.

[ASB]

It goes into detail of the alligations in the link

True, but I was trying to figure out if the "come to my son's party and I'll buy some of your blood" issue was part of the ethics hearing.

[Pogle]

I've just read this bit

It is further alleged that the three practitioners permitted a programme of investigations to be carried out on a number of children as part of the research study, some of which were not clinically indicated when the Ethics Committee had been assured that they were all clinically indicated. These investigations included colonoscopies and lumbar punctures. It is alleged that the performance of these investigations was contrary to the clinical interests of the children.