Posted on 02/10/2015 10:26:00 AM PST by Reverend Saltine
Kind of evil psychotic stuff that conflates and confuses rather than sheds light.
“On August 27, 2014, a long-time researcher at the CDC, William Thompson, confessed in print that he and his colleagues had cooked a vital vaccine study to “prove” the MMR vaccine had no connection to autism…when in fact that was a lie. The vaccine did have a connection.”
-——————————— What he said .......
My name is William Thompson. I am a Senior Scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where I have worked since 1998. ... I want to be absolutely clear that I believe vaccines have saved and continue to save countless lives. I would never suggest that any parent avoid vaccinating children of any race. Vaccines prevent serious diseases, and the risks associated with their administration are vastly outweighed by their individual and societal benefits.
Um, I had several friends get the flu this year. Nasty. Not one of them got vaccinated.
I did. No flu. Family did. No flu. Bunch of other friends did. No flu.
This is anecdotal, but from what I personally saw, the flu vaccine worked just fine this year...
Well, OK then.
“the pseudoscience of vaccination”
Because, you know, polio is still rampant in America.
What malarkey.
Thought you’d be interested in my comment:
“the pseudoscience of vaccination”
Because, you know, polio is still rampant in America.
What malarkey.
And, even if it didn’t, that says nothing about the efficacy of vaccines generally. Each year’s flu shot is an educated guess - the CDC (and others around the world) track the prevalence of different strains, and predict which strain(s) will be most common. In order to produce enough of the vaccine in time for flu season, this prediction is made months in advance (for the 2014-2015 flu season, the vaccine composition was decided in February 2014). They have a good track record of getting it right, but it is not at all surprising that they might choose the wrong strain(s) in any given year.
Yup. And, each year, thousands of people in America die of smallpox. Well, thousands or zero. One of the two.
Both statements are true; he said both in the same statement.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/now-retracted-autism-study-viral/story?id=25248179
How the story was retracted and who was behind the suspicious data.
“If truth were the objective of news, you would see reasoned debates between pro and anti-vax proponents on major networks—-but that’s a joke because no reasoned debates are permitted on any sensitive subject.”
This guy assumes that this would constitute a “reasoned debate”, but from my experience, it wouldn’t be much more “reasoned” than debating a moon landing hoaxer or a 9/11 truther.
“If I may be so bold, who cares what doctors say?
Who cares?
Why are doctors a privileged class?”
Hmm, maybe because they studied for years to obtain medical degrees, and also have years of experience dealing with medical issues? Usually stuff like that qualifies you as an “expert” on a subject.
” If I may be so bold, who cares what doctors say? “
If I may be so bold, who cares what engineers, scientists, mathematicians say?
This was the press release I saw where he said both things:
i don’t go to a doctor unless i already know what i have and need. all they do is send you to 7 other doctors who tell you wrong stuff or stuff you already know
some people are totally allergic to the preservative in vaccines: a mercury compound called Thimerosol, which can cause...well...death.
Experts say the lone study author played fast and loose with statistics to show a link between autism and the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, some experts going as far as saying that the author deliberately did this, but the dubious results took off online anyway, quickly going viral.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/now-retracted-autism-study-viral/story?id=25248179
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