A Terrible Mistake

"In 1998, Andrew Wakefield's team published a study in _The Lancet_
[claiming] that MMR was associated by parents with the onset of autism
in 8 of 12 children studied.... The editor of _The Lancet_ said [on
February 21, 2004] the autism link was 'entirely flawed' and should
never have been published.... The National Autism Society [in Britain]
says regressive autism (the type targeted by Wakefield) has been
constant since the introduction of MMR."

Deer B. _Sunday Times (London)_. February 22, 2004

Brian Deer is a sad nasty stooge of the pharma industry, if you scroll down
you can see the game under "smearing of Andrew Wakefield"
http://www.whale.to/vaccines/mmr.html

Deer has managed to write one article that I recall critical of pharma med,
an antibiotic Septrin, but hardly investigative journalism at its best

do try harder


"PF Riley" wrote in message
...
"In 1998, Andrew Wakefield's team published a study in _The Lancet_
[claiming] that MMR was associated by parents with the onset of autism
in 8 of 12 children studied.... The editor of _The Lancet_ said [on
February 21, 2004] the autism link was 'entirely flawed' and should
never have been published.... The National Autism Society [in Britain]
says regressive autism (the type targeted by Wakefield) has been
constant since the introduction of MMR."

Deer B. _Sunday Times (London)_. February 22, 2004

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:01:24 +0000 (UTC), "john"
wrote:

Brian Deer is a sad nasty stooge of the pharma industry, if you scroll down
you can see the game under "smearing of Andrew Wakefield"
http://www.whale.to/vaccines/mmr.html

Deer has managed to write one article that I recall critical of pharma med,
an antibiotic Septrin, but hardly investigative journalism at its best

do try harder

So tell me: Is there anything in the quotation below that is
incorrect? Did the editor of _The Lancet_ NOT say the article should
not have been published? Does the National Autism Society say
regressive autism has increased since MMR was introduced?

PF

"PF Riley" wrote in message
.. .
"In 1998, Andrew Wakefield's team published a study in _The Lancet_
[claiming] that MMR was associated by parents with the onset of autism
in 8 of 12 children studied.... The editor of _The Lancet_ said [on
February 21, 2004] the autism link was 'entirely flawed' and should
never have been published.... The National Autism Society [in Britain]
says regressive autism (the type targeted by Wakefield) has been
constant since the introduction of MMR."

Deer B. _Sunday Times (London)_. February 22, 2004