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In 1998 UK doctor Andrew Wakefield had a study published that claimed there was a link between autism, a new type of bowel disease, and the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccination jab given to...
View ArticleAntivaccination journalist to address UK parliament: why?
UK readers will know about the damage done to the temporary damage done to childhood vaccinations by Andrew Wakefield: he claimed a link between the MMR jab and autism. It’s since been shown that he...
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Measles still rising in the UK
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Remember when I grumbled about how the stupid autism scaremongerers scared some British parents into not immunising their children for Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)? Rates of...
View ArticleExtremely bad science
Bad Science’s Ben Goldacre has posted a lengthy radio segment from presenter Jeni Barnett’s LBC radio show. In it, Barnett rails against immunisation, repeats every pseudo-scientific thing she’s been...
View ArticleMore MMR: blogs to the defense
Last week I blogged about Jeni Barnett, the LBC radio presenter profiled on Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science blog as an example of all that’s incorrect and uninformed about anti-vaccinationist positions. The...
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