Parenting & kids - Dr Andrew J. Wakefield will be speaking at the Boulder PublicLibrary

On 10/1/10 6:11 AM, john wrote:
Dr Andrew J. Wakefield will be speaking at the Boulder Public Library,
Boulder, CO, on October 20th at 6 p.m.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Charlie Tucker
Phone: 303.953.8240
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WHO: Dr. Andrew J. Wakefield
WHAT: Speaking in Boulder
WHE Boulder Public Library Auditorium (on Arapahoe between
Broadway and 9th Street)
WHEN: October 20, 2010, 6:00 pm, Free

DR. ANDREW J. WAKEFIELD, QUITE POSSIBLY THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL DOCTOR
IN THE WORLD, TO SPEAK IN BOULDER:
The Vaccination Safety Controversy Is Not Over...It's Really Just
Beginning!

Boulder, Colorado (September 25, 2010) * U.K. author and
gastroenterologist, Dr. Andrew J. Wakefield, will be at the Boulder
Public Library on October 20th at 6 p.m. to discuss the heated
controversy surrounding his research, which posits a link between
vaccines and autism.Dr. Wakefield, whose work on vaccine safety has
now been replicated numerous times, stands squarely and resolutely at
the heart of what is probably the largest medical controversy raging
in the world today.

Yes, the research was both replicated and discredited numerous times.

There is no scientific controversy: vaccines are safe and effective.

Although the Center for Disease Control and the American Association
of Pediatricians continually issue reassurances that vaccinations are
safe, much of the public remains unconvinced. Last year, for example,
37% of U.S. health workers opted not to take the H1N1 flu vaccine.
Closer to home, 40% of Boulder parents ("Brainiest City in the U.S.")
chose not to have their school children vaccinated, many suspecting a
link between the constantly expanding childhood vaccine schedule (now
requiring 49 doses by age 6), and the increased incidence of childhood
disease.

Once a rare occurrence, Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) now affect
more than 1 in 100 children.

Actually, you're talking about diagnosis, which different than
previlence. Better diagnosis because of better understanding of the
condition.

An association between childhood
vaccinations, specifically the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella)
vaccine, and autism was suggested in 1998, when Dr. Wakefield and his
colleagues at the Royal Free Hospital in London published a case study
in the medical journal, The Lancet, describing 12 children suffering
from a combination of autistic regression and bowel symptoms. The
paper, and Dr. Wakefield's subsequent recommendation that children be
given single vaccines rather than combinations, created a national
controversy in the UK. Dr. Wakefield was hailed as a hero by parents
of affected children, but at the same time came under attack by public
health officials, the pharmaceutical industry, and the General Medical
Council in the UK.

You forgot to mention his conflict of interests. And his unethical
testing of children.

Dr. Wakefield's book, Callous Disregard, reviews his research in
detail

That sounds like a good title for the way he did research.

and exposes the reasons why powerful forces have tried to
silence him.

You mean that his license was yanked because he had unethical behavior.

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