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To: TomB
Wakefield made up nothing. And O'Leary has never publicly stated as such, either.  At least not that I've seen.

All you've done is quote someone else's take on what O'Leary said.  The only thing in quotes from O'Leary is that there is no causal link established.  Wakefield has publicly agreed with that, so O'Leary must have felt compelled to restate the obvious.  Big deal.

Go harangue someone else.  I'll read your cites sometime and get back to you.

173 posted on 08/17/2002 3:58:45 PM PDT by Al B.
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To: Al B.
The only thing in quotes from O'Leary is that there is no causal link established.

From the BBC:

    The comments come just hours after one of the key researchers in the MMR safety debate issued a statement saying the triple vaccine is safe.

    Professor John O'Leary, of Trinity College Dublin, has investigated studies suggesting a link between the vaccine and autism.

    He has been widely reported as being against the three-in-one vaccine.

    But in a statement, he denied his studies ever suggested MMR was unsafe.

    "This research in no way establishes any link between the MMR vaccine and autism," he said.

    "We advocate the use of MMR to protect children from measles, mumps and rubella."

    He added: "It is wrong for parents not to immunise their children."

So why are we even having this discussion? It seems to me that if everybody agrees there is no link between MMR and autism, the issue is settled.

178 posted on 08/17/2002 4:51:42 PM PDT by TomB
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