MMR doctor Andrew Wakefield fixed data on autism

Here's a case study for you- 1 in 150 children develope autism, exploding epidemic up from 1 in 25,000.

Amish children have none.

Autism is not a behavior like add. The definition of the condition has not changed.

THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link with autism, a Sunday Times investigation has found.

Confidential medical documents and interviews with witnesses have established that Andrew Wakefield manipulated patients’ data, which triggered fears that the MMR triple vaccine to protect against measles, mumps and rubella was linked to the condition.

The research was published in February 1998 in an article in The Lancet medical journal. It claimed that the families of eight out of 12 children attending a routine clinic at the hospital had blamed MMR for their autism, and said that problems came on within days of the jab. The team also claimed to have discovered a new inflammatory bowel disease underlying the children’s conditions.

However, our investigation, confirmed by evidence presented to the General Medical Council (GMC), reveals that: In most of the 12 cases, the children’s ailments as described in The Lancet were different from their hospital and GP records. Although the research paper claimed that problems came on within days of the jab, in only one case did medical records suggest this was true, and in many of the cases medical concerns had been raised before the children were vaccinated. Hospital pathologists, looking for inflammatory bowel disease, reported in the majority of cases that the gut was normal. This was then reviewed and the Lancet paper showed them as abnormal.

Despite involving just a dozen children, the 1998 paper’s impact was extraordinary. After its publication, rates of inoculation fell from 92% to below 80%. Populations acquire “herd immunity” from measles when more than 95% of people have been vaccinated.

Last week official figures showed that 1,348 confirmed cases of measles in England and Wales were reported last year, compared with 56 in 1998. Two children have died of the disease.

With two professors, John Walker-Smith and Simon Murch, Wakefield is defending himself against allegations of serious professional misconduct brought by the GMC. The charges relate to ethical aspects of the project, not its findings. All three men deny any misconduct.

Through his lawyers, Wakefield this weekend denied the issues raised by our investigation, but declined to comment further.
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THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link with autism, a Sunday Times investigation has found.

Confidential medical documents and interviews with witnesses have established that Andrew Wakefield manipulated patients’ data, which triggered fears that the MMR triple vaccine to protect against measles, mumps and rubella was linked to the condition.

The research was published in February 1998 in an article in The Lancet medical journal. It claimed that the families of eight out of 12 children attending a routine clinic at the hospital had blamed MMR for their autism, and said that problems came on within days of the jab. The team also claimed to have discovered a new inflammatory bowel disease underlying the children’s conditions.

However, our investigation, confirmed by evidence presented to the General Medical Council (GMC), reveals that: In most of the 12 cases, the children’s ailments as described in The Lancet were different from their hospital and GP records. Although the research paper claimed that problems came on within days of the jab, in only one case did medical records suggest this was true, and in many of the cases medical concerns had been raised before the children were vaccinated. Hospital pathologists, looking for inflammatory bowel disease, reported in the majority of cases that the gut was normal. This was then reviewed and the Lancet paper showed them as abnormal.

Despite involving just a dozen children, the 1998 paper’s impact was extraordinary. After its publication, rates of inoculation fell from 92% to below 80%. Populations acquire “herd immunity” from measles when more than 95% of people have been vaccinated.

Last week official figures showed that 1,348 confirmed cases of measles in England and Wales were reported last year, compared with 56 in 1998. Two children have died of the disease.

With two professors, John Walker-Smith and Simon Murch, Wakefield is defending himself against allegations of serious professional misconduct brought by the GMC. The charges relate to ethical aspects of the project, not its findings. All three men deny any misconduct.

Through his lawyers, Wakefield this weekend denied the issues raised by our investigation, but declined to comment further.
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Autism is not a behavior like add. The definition of the condition has not changed.

Uh, yeah it has, please do at least the smallest amount of research before you say something like that. Autism is now a diagnosis for so many things that are related to BEHAVIOR and are not physiological.

Autism is not a behavior like add. The definition of the condition has not changed.

Uh, yeah it has, please do at least the smallest amount of research before you say something like that. Autism is now a diagnosis for so many things that are related to BEHAVIOR and are not physiological.

YOU are a dumbass! YOU do the research!

Autism is not a behavior like add. The definition of the condition has not changed.

Uh, yeah it has, please do at least the smallest amount of research before you say something like that. Autism is now a diagnosis for so many things that are related to BEHAVIOR and are not physiological.

LOL! So if we just "beat the shit" out of autistic children, neo, like the Amish do, they'll straighten right up?

Can you prove that this is bullshit?

Autism is not a behavior like add. The definition of the condition has not changed.

Uh, yeah it has, please do at least the smallest amount of research before you say something like that. Autism is now a diagnosis for so many things that are related to BEHAVIOR and are not physiological.


Neo, sorry man, but I doubt that most two and three year olds are suffering psychological or personality disorder issues, which is what you are implying with use of the phrase "behavioral and not physiological".

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you understand that many physiological problems, especially with children who do not have developed language skills, manifest as behavioral responses, yes?

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Can you prove that this is bullshit?

I'm with Wakefield. The medical profession is full of quacks and cranks, it is just that the GMC does not like someone who does his own thing (whatever the quality of science). If you believe main stream media, and the political system, (and bankers) you would have thought that no one saw the crash coming. Tip: WE ARE CONTINUALLY BEING LIED TO.

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell.

How many studies have been done on health of all the immigrant workers and their families. Here in the UK, we suddenly have an explosion of bed bugs, TB is also making a comeback.

Vaccinations may have saved many people, but UN Polio programmes probably spread AIDS and was also used to sterilize women in Africa. The Hepatitis vaccine probably spread AIDS in the US during the 1970's

Believe what you like, but don't be surprised that some people do not have complete faith in the "health" system, an hugely profitable medical industry.

Let me give you an example. I have been trying to get rid of a very common toenail fungus. One year of daily painting on over £100 worth of a prescription (Loceryl), and I still have it. Go figure!

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy? - George Orwell

As far as the "investigation" into the MMR/Autism link study, I don't see SHIT. Vague innuendoes and desperate attempts at drawing attention to irrelevent discussions about the definition of inflammatory bowel disease.
Autism is a pretty obvious diagnosis. Only a pinhead would need a checklist to diagnose it.

Let me give you an example. I have been trying to get rid of a very common toenail fungus. One year of daily painting on over £100 worth of a prescription (Loceryl), and I still have it. Go figure!

Their is a whole industry and endless books, studies and marketing targeting 3 year old based on the concept that this is when they start to remember things. When they start to develop social behaviors and emotional responses other than those based on survival.

A 3 year old attitude, behavior, appetite can all be affected by abuse, neglect, lack of sleep, poor diet, starvation, not to mention the endless possible diseases.

All of which can give a 3 year old changes that can reflect that current definition/diagnosis of Autism.

THERE IS NO TEST FOR AUTISM.

It is all based on observation. This can change from doctor to doctor. The standard is not followed. Just like other so-called "behavior" issue, your general prac. can diagnose and prescribe the medicine.

You must misunderstand me. There is always a checklist of some kind for just about every diagnosis, for insurance purposes mostly, but any good clinician can easily pick up on a young child's abnormal social interactions and communication ability, with a restricted repertoire of activities and interests, easily diagnosing autism.

BTW, there are no "drugs" for treating autistic disorder. It's a lifelong disorder.

Their is a whole industry and endless books, studies and marketing targeting 3 year old based on the concept that this is when they start to remember things. When they start to develop social behaviors and emotional responses other than those based on survival.

A 3 year old attitude, behavior, appetite can all be affected by abuse, neglect, lack of sleep, poor diet, starvation, not to mention the endless possible diseases.

All of which can give a 3 year old changes that can reflect that current definition/diagnosis of Autism.

THERE IS NO TEST FOR AUTISM.

It is all based on observation. This can change from doctor to doctor. The standard is not followed. Just like other so-called "behavior" issue, your general prac. can diagnose and prescribe the medicine.


So your primary argument is that the diagnostic criteria for autism is not concrete and leads to false diagnoses based on the subjectivity of the person diagnosing? Is this correct?

From your research, what are the former and the current diagnostic criteria for comparison?

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Basically, using common sense, a young kid that does not and has never communicated with meaningful sentences or gestures and likes to rock or stand around counting the threads in a carpet while blabbering nonsensical, repetitive phrases or words. Sure, there are checklists to formally use after you look them up in a book, but the initial diagnosis is by good observation and sufficint funds of experience.

There is not former or current diagnosis criteria, that is what I have been trying to say, over and over. Even the Autism Society of America or whatever it is called, says this, jeez, you drive me crazy.

Answer me this, why do you defend it so? Why do all of you? Because Hollowood does now?

I'm sure you are very familiar with risperdal, aren't you, neo?