Dr Wakefield struck off the medical register.

[Tiberius]

Everyone remembers Dr Andrew Wakefield? The guy who in the late 90s published research that said there was a link between autism and the MMR vaccine, causing a mass panic which resulted in a lot of children not getting the life-saving vaccine (the paper was later discredited and retracted by the journal it was published in). If that doesn't ring any bells, he's also the guy who paid children at his son's birthday party £5 for a blood sample to use in his research.

Well, he's just been struck off the medical register for a breach of ethics: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8695267.stm

[darkwolf176]

Good

[Eilonnwy]

Unfortunately, damage done.

[Shinylight]

He is a twat

[Paul the Human]

Unfortunately, damage done.

Too true. There are an unfortunate number of people that still buy that bullshit and no amount of talking sense to them seems to change their minds. Reminds me of something...

[binny]

Like this stupid twat, Jenny McCarthy.

http://www.generationrescue.org/

[Violet]

Of course... the question of 'does vaccination actually accomplish anything before it becomes ineffective?' remains...

[Scented Nectar]

Of course... the question of 'does vaccination actually accomplish anything before it becomes ineffective?' remains...

There are a lot of valid concerns about some vaccinations. It's just that autism is not one of them. A really good blog that does not take either extreme side is at http://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/ It's written by Meryl Nass who is a real scientist, not a quack, and who does not automatically think that vaccines are always good or always bad. Kind of rare since science blogs usually dismiss all vaccine concerns as being part of the autism/conspiracy anti-vaxxer stuff, and the conspiracy nutter blogs think that all vaccines, and all allopathic medicine as a whole, are bad.

[Welsh cake]

My sister has never been right since the MMR jab, its nothing to do with autism, but something is definitely amiss, her ability to problem-solve, think tasks through and carry out simple mental arithmetic has been adversely affected.

Like Wakefield I can't prove it was the MMR vaccine that caused this, however we should all respect the rights of the public who wish to give their children separate jabs, it's a pity the government can't manage that same level of courtesy for the working class.

I still vividly remember the public uproar former Prime Minister Tony Blair caused when he initially refused to let his son Leo Blair have the vaccination. XD

[binny]

Both my kids had the MMR vaccine and both of them are fine...well as fine as a teenager and a 22 year old can be. However my teenager is in the autism spectrum. Could it be? Not. He was that way long before any MMR vaccine.
I had the mumps. I wouldn't wish that on anybody. It was a truly horrible disease.