In the dock: the man who caused the great MMR scare

June 12, 2006

Of course, no mention of the fact that the work has now be twice

replicated... nce is a pathetic, pandering idiot!

Any idea as to how we can flood Mr. nce's email box with

support for Andy?

>

> What bs...like Columbus got...Ignac Semmelweis got....idiots going

after men of truth.

>

> http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article799541.ece

>

> In the dock: the man who caused the great MMR

scare

By nce, Health

Editor Published: 12 June

2006

>

> The doctor who sparked an

international scare over the safety of MMR vaccine is to be charged

with serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council

in an attempt by the medical establishment finally to lay the

controversy to rest.

>

Wakefield, who published a research paper in 1998 purporting to

show a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, is accused in

preliminary charges of publishing " inadequately founded " research,

failing to obtain ethical committee approval, obtaining

funding " improperly " and of subjecting children to " unnecessary and

invasive investigations " , The Independent has learnt. The research

is said to have caused immunisation rates to slump and cases of

measles, mumps and rubella to soar. The research, which appeared in

The Lancet, is said to have done more damage than anything

published in a scientific journal in living memory.

> Detailed charges are being formulated by the GMC's lawyers for

presentation in the autumn and a public hearing is expected next

year. If found guilty Dr Wakefield, 50, could be struck off the

medical register.

> The GMC has brought the case itself in the public interest.

There is no complainant. The investigation has taken two years and

lawyers for Dr Wakefield say he and his family are suffering

distress caused by the delay in bringing charges.

> The research was carried out at the Royal Free Hospital, north

London, by Dr Wakefield and 12 other doctors and published in The

Lancet in February 1998. The warning about the combined vaccine was

amplified by Dr Wakefield at a press conference - to the disquiet

of his colleagues present - and the subsequent scare led tens of

thousands of parents to boycott the vaccine.

> Immunisation rates fell over the next five years from more than

90 per cent nationally to a low of 78.9 per cent in early 2003. In

parts of London rates fell below 60 per cent. There was a

resurgence in cases of the three diseases, including rubella

(German measles), according to the Health Protection Agency. The

number of cases of mumps soared from 4,204 cases in 2003 to 16,436

in 2004 and to 56,390 cases last year.

> Since 2003 the MMR vaccination rate has increased slightly and

in mid-2005 stood at 83 per cent. A spokeswoman for the agency

said: " The fear of Wakefield has dissipated a bit. The figures are

coming back up. "

> In 2004 it emerged that at the time he was preparing The Lancet

paper, Dr Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of

children allegedly damaged by the MMR vaccine to look for evidence

that could be used to help take legal action against manufacturers

of the vaccine.

> He received £55,000 from the Legal Aid Board, which was paid

into his research fund but which he had not disclosed to his co-

researchers. At least four of the 12 children in the Lancet study

were also in the Legal Aid Board funded study. He was accused by

The Lancet of failing to declare a conflict of interest that could

have influenced his findings.

> Horton, the editor, declared the paper " fatally flawed "

and said if he had known in 1998 about the conflict of interest he

would never have published it. The journal partially withdrew the

paper in February 2004 and the following month 10 of the 12 authors

withdrew the claim of a link with autism. Reid, the Health

Secretary at the time, called on the GMC to hold an inquiry. Dr

Wakefield, a consultant gastroenterologist, left the Royal Free

Hospital in 2001 " by mutual agreement " . He has since worked mainly

in America.

> The Government's chief medical officer, Sir Liam son,

accused Dr Wakefield of mixing " spin and science " . But Jackie

Flether of the support group Jabs, representing parents concerned

about vaccination, said: " The GMC charges are totally unfounded and

seem to be a total witch hunt against Wakefield and the

research team. All the researchers did was raise a red flag [about

MMR] and say more research was needed. " All the doctors are

believed to have denied professional misconduct.

> The spread of a contagion of fear

> By Geneviève

> * FEBRUARY 1998: Wakefield's paper is published in The

Lancet, linking the MMR triple vaccine with autism

> * 2000: Demand for single vaccines rises

> * JANUARY 2001: The Government rejects calls for a single

measles vaccine on the NHS

> * 2001: MMR vaccinations fall to 84.2 per cent of children, down

from 92 per cent in 1996

> * EARLY 2003: Immunisation rates reach low of 78.9 per cent

> * NOVEMBER 2003: Dr Simon Murch says there is " unequivocal

evidence that MMR is not a risk factor for autism "

> * 2004: It emerges that while preparing his Lancet paper, Dr

Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of children

allegedly damaged by MMR

> * 2004: Immunisation rates rise to 81 per cent

> * 2004: Number of cases of mumps: 16,436, up from 4,204 the

previous year. In 2005 the number is up to 56,390

> * MID-2005: Immunisation rates rise to 85 per cent

> * OCTOBER 2005: Cochrane Library says there is no credible

evidence that MMR harms

> * APRIL 2006: A boy, 13, who had not received the MMR vaccine,

becomes the first person to die of measles in 14 years

>

> The doctor who sparked an

international scare over the safety of MMR vaccine is to be charged

with serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council

in an attempt by the medical establishment finally to lay the

controversy to rest.

>

Wakefield, who published a research paper in 1998 purporting to

show a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, is accused in

preliminary charges of publishing " inadequately founded " research,

failing to obtain ethical committee approval, obtaining

funding " improperly " and of subjecting children to " unnecessary and

invasive investigations " , The Independent has learnt. The research

is said to have caused immunisation rates to slump and cases of

measles, mumps and rubella to soar. The research, which appeared in

The Lancet, is said to have done more damage than anything

published in a scientific journal in living memory.

> Detailed charges are being formulated by the GMC's lawyers for

presentation in the autumn and a public hearing is expected next

year. If found guilty Dr Wakefield, 50, could be struck off the

medical register.

> The GMC has brought the case itself in the public interest.

There is no complainant. The investigation has taken two years and

lawyers for Dr Wakefield say he and his family are suffering

distress caused by the delay in bringing charges.

> The research was carried out at the Royal Free Hospital, north

London, by Dr Wakefield and 12 other doctors and published in The

Lancet in February 1998. The warning about the combined vaccine was

amplified by Dr Wakefield at a press conference - to the disquiet

of his colleagues present - and the subsequent scare led tens of

thousands of parents to boycott the vaccine.

> Immunisation rates fell over the next five years from more than

90 per cent nationally to a low of 78.9 per cent in early 2003. In

parts of London rates fell below 60 per cent. There was a

resurgence in cases of the three diseases, including rubella

(German measles), according to the Health Protection Agency. The

number of cases of mumps soared from 4,204 cases in 2003 to 16,436

in 2004 and to 56,390 cases last year.

> Since 2003 the MMR vaccination rate has increased slightly and

in mid-2005 stood at 83 per cent. A spokeswoman for the agency

said: " The fear of Wakefield has dissipated a bit. The figures are

coming back up. "

> In 2004 it emerged that at the time he was preparing The Lancet

paper, Dr Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of

children allegedly damaged by the MMR vaccine to look for evidence

that could be used to help take legal action against manufacturers

of the vaccine.

> He received £55,000 from the Legal Aid Board, which was paid

into his research fund but which he had not disclosed to his co-

researchers. At least four of the 12 children in the Lancet study

were also in the Legal Aid Board funded study. He was accused by

The Lancet of failing to declare a conflict of interest that could

have influenced his findings.

>

> Horton, the editor, declared the paper " fatally flawed "

and said if he had known in 1998 about the conflict of interest he

would never have published it. The journal partially withdrew the

paper in February 2004 and the following month 10 of the 12 authors

withdrew the claim of a link with autism. Reid, the Health

Secretary at the time, called on the GMC to hold an inquiry. Dr

Wakefield, a consultant gastroenterologist, left the Royal Free

Hospital in 2001 " by mutual agreement " . He has since worked mainly

in America.

> The Government's chief medical officer, Sir Liam son,

accused Dr Wakefield of mixing " spin and science " . But Jackie

Flether of the support group Jabs, representing parents concerned

about vaccination, said: " The GMC charges are totally unfounded and

seem to be a total witch hunt against Wakefield and the

research team. All the researchers did was raise a red flag [about

MMR] and say more research was needed. " All the doctors are

believed to have denied professional misconduct.

> The spread of a contagion of fear

> By Geneviève

> * FEBRUARY 1998: Wakefield's paper is published in The

Lancet, linking the MMR triple vaccine with autism

> * 2000: Demand for single vaccines rises

> * JANUARY 2001: The Government rejects calls for a single

measles vaccine on the NHS

> * 2001: MMR vaccinations fall to 84.2 per cent of children, down

from 92 per cent in 1996

> * EARLY 2003: Immunisation rates reach low of 78.9 per cent

> * NOVEMBER 2003: Dr Simon Murch says there is " unequivocal

evidence that MMR is not a risk factor for autism "

> * 2004: It emerges that while preparing his Lancet paper, Dr

Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of children

allegedly damaged by MMR

> * 2004: Immunisation rates rise to 81 per cent

> * 2004: Number of cases of mumps: 16,436, up from 4,204 the

previous year. In 2005 the number is up to 56,390

> * MID-2005: Immunisation rates rise to 85 per cent

> * OCTOBER 2005: Cochrane Library says there is no credible

evidence that MMR harms

> * APRIL 2006: A boy, 13, who had not received the MMR vaccine,

becomes the first person to die of measles in 14 years

>

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June 12, 2006

Wakefield: " On March 6, 2004, some of our ex-colleagues issued

a " retraction of an interpretation " , not a retraction of the factual

content of the paper, as widely inferred. Since no interpretation of

the possible MMR/autism link was offered in the original 1998 Lancet

report, other than to state that the data did not constitute

evidence of an association and suggest that further research was

required, it is difficult to know quite what has been retracted,

particularly in light of (Lancet editor) Horton's current

plea for further research funding for autism, a plea that we welcome

wholeheartedly. "

http://briandeer.com/wakefield/retraction-reply.htm

> >

> > What bs...like Columbus got...Ignac Semmelweis got....idiots

going

> after men of truth.

> >

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article799541.ece

> >

> > In the dock: the man who caused the great MMR

>

scare

> By nce, Health

> Editor Published: 12 June

>

2006

>

> >

> > The doctor who sparked an

> international scare over the safety of MMR vaccine is to be

charged

> with serious professional misconduct by the General Medical

Council

> in an attempt by the medical establishment finally to lay the

> controversy to rest.

> >

> Wakefield, who published a research paper in 1998 purporting to

> show a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, is accused in

> preliminary charges of publishing " inadequately founded "

research,

> failing to obtain ethical committee approval, obtaining

> funding " improperly " and of subjecting children to " unnecessary

and

> invasive investigations " , The Independent has learnt. The

research

> is said to have caused immunisation rates to slump and cases of

> measles, mumps and rubella to soar. The research, which appeared

in

> The Lancet, is said to have done more damage than anything

> published in a scientific journal in living memory.

> > Detailed charges are being formulated by the GMC's lawyers

for

> presentation in the autumn and a public hearing is expected next

> year. If found guilty Dr Wakefield, 50, could be struck off the

> medical register.

> > The GMC has brought the case itself in the public interest.

> There is no complainant. The investigation has taken two years

and

> lawyers for Dr Wakefield say he and his family are suffering

> distress caused by the delay in bringing charges.

> > The research was carried out at the Royal Free Hospital,

north

> London, by Dr Wakefield and 12 other doctors and published in The

> Lancet in February 1998. The warning about the combined vaccine

was

> amplified by Dr Wakefield at a press conference - to the disquiet

> of his colleagues present - and the subsequent scare led tens of

> thousands of parents to boycott the vaccine.

> > Immunisation rates fell over the next five years from more

than

> 90 per cent nationally to a low of 78.9 per cent in early 2003.

In

> parts of London rates fell below 60 per cent. There was a

> resurgence in cases of the three diseases, including rubella

> (German measles), according to the Health Protection Agency. The

> number of cases of mumps soared from 4,204 cases in 2003 to

16,436

> in 2004 and to 56,390 cases last year.

> > Since 2003 the MMR vaccination rate has increased slightly and

> in mid-2005 stood at 83 per cent. A spokeswoman for the agency

> said: " The fear of Wakefield has dissipated a bit. The figures

are

> coming back up. "

> > In 2004 it emerged that at the time he was preparing The

Lancet

> paper, Dr Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of

> children allegedly damaged by the MMR vaccine to look for

evidence

> that could be used to help take legal action against

manufacturers

> of the vaccine.

> > He received £55,000 from the Legal Aid Board, which was paid

> into his research fund but which he had not disclosed to his co-

> researchers. At least four of the 12 children in the Lancet study

> were also in the Legal Aid Board funded study. He was accused by

> The Lancet of failing to declare a conflict of interest that

could

> have influenced his findings.

> > Horton, the editor, declared the paper " fatally

flawed "

> and said if he had known in 1998 about the conflict of interest

he

> would never have published it. The journal partially withdrew the

> paper in February 2004 and the following month 10 of the 12

authors

> withdrew the claim of a link with autism. Reid, the Health

> Secretary at the time, called on the GMC to hold an inquiry. Dr

> Wakefield, a consultant gastroenterologist, left the Royal Free

> Hospital in 2001 " by mutual agreement " . He has since worked

mainly

> in America.

> > The Government's chief medical officer, Sir Liam son,

> accused Dr Wakefield of mixing " spin and science " . But Jackie

> Flether of the support group Jabs, representing parents concerned

> about vaccination, said: " The GMC charges are totally unfounded

and

> seem to be a total witch hunt against Wakefield and the

> research team. All the researchers did was raise a red flag

[about

> MMR] and say more research was needed. " All the doctors are

> believed to have denied professional misconduct.

> > The spread of a contagion of fear

> > By Geneviève

> > * FEBRUARY 1998: Wakefield's paper is published in The

> Lancet, linking the MMR triple vaccine with autism

> > * 2000: Demand for single vaccines rises

> > * JANUARY 2001: The Government rejects calls for a single

> measles vaccine on the NHS

> > * 2001: MMR vaccinations fall to 84.2 per cent of children,

down

> from 92 per cent in 1996

> > * EARLY 2003: Immunisation rates reach low of 78.9 per cent

> > * NOVEMBER 2003: Dr Simon Murch says there is " unequivocal

> evidence that MMR is not a risk factor for autism "

> > * 2004: It emerges that while preparing his Lancet paper, Dr

> Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of children

> allegedly damaged by MMR

> > * 2004: Immunisation rates rise to 81 per cent

> > * 2004: Number of cases of mumps: 16,436, up from 4,204 the

> previous year. In 2005 the number is up to 56,390

> > * MID-2005: Immunisation rates rise to 85 per cent

> > * OCTOBER 2005: Cochrane Library says there is no credible

> evidence that MMR harms

> > * APRIL 2006: A boy, 13, who had not received the MMR vaccine,

> becomes the first person to die of measles in 14 years

> >

> > The doctor who sparked an

> international scare over the safety of MMR vaccine is to be

charged

> with serious professional misconduct by the General Medical

Council

> in an attempt by the medical establishment finally to lay the

> controversy to rest.

> >

> Wakefield, who published a research paper in 1998 purporting to

> show a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, is accused in

> preliminary charges of publishing " inadequately founded "

research,

> failing to obtain ethical committee approval, obtaining

> funding " improperly " and of subjecting children to " unnecessary

and

> invasive investigations " , The Independent has learnt. The

research

> is said to have caused immunisation rates to slump and cases of

> measles, mumps and rubella to soar. The research, which appeared

in

> The Lancet, is said to have done more damage than anything

> published in a scientific journal in living memory.

> > Detailed charges are being formulated by the GMC's lawyers

for

> presentation in the autumn and a public hearing is expected next

> year. If found guilty Dr Wakefield, 50, could be struck off the

> medical register.

> > The GMC has brought the case itself in the public interest.

> There is no complainant. The investigation has taken two years

and

> lawyers for Dr Wakefield say he and his family are suffering

> distress caused by the delay in bringing charges.

> > The research was carried out at the Royal Free Hospital,

north

> London, by Dr Wakefield and 12 other doctors and published in The

> Lancet in February 1998. The warning about the combined vaccine

was

> amplified by Dr Wakefield at a press conference - to the disquiet

> of his colleagues present - and the subsequent scare led tens of

> thousands of parents to boycott the vaccine.

> > Immunisation rates fell over the next five years from more

than

> 90 per cent nationally to a low of 78.9 per cent in early 2003.

In

> parts of London rates fell below 60 per cent. There was a

> resurgence in cases of the three diseases, including rubella

> (German measles), according to the Health Protection Agency. The

> number of cases of mumps soared from 4,204 cases in 2003 to

16,436

> in 2004 and to 56,390 cases last year.

> > Since 2003 the MMR vaccination rate has increased slightly and

> in mid-2005 stood at 83 per cent. A spokeswoman for the agency

> said: " The fear of Wakefield has dissipated a bit. The figures

are

> coming back up. "

> > In 2004 it emerged that at the time he was preparing The

Lancet

> paper, Dr Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of

> children allegedly damaged by the MMR vaccine to look for

evidence

> that could be used to help take legal action against

manufacturers

> of the vaccine.

> > He received £55,000 from the Legal Aid Board, which was paid

> into his research fund but which he had not disclosed to his co-

> researchers. At least four of the 12 children in the Lancet study

> were also in the Legal Aid Board funded study. He was accused by

> The Lancet of failing to declare a conflict of interest that

could

> have influenced his findings.

> >

> > Horton, the editor, declared the paper " fatally

flawed "

> and said if he had known in 1998 about the conflict of interest

he

> would never have published it. The journal partially withdrew the

> paper in February 2004 and the following month 10 of the 12

authors

> withdrew the claim of a link with autism. Reid, the Health

> Secretary at the time, called on the GMC to hold an inquiry. Dr

> Wakefield, a consultant gastroenterologist, left the Royal Free

> Hospital in 2001 " by mutual agreement " . He has since worked

mainly

> in America.

> > The Government's chief medical officer, Sir Liam son,

> accused Dr Wakefield of mixing " spin and science " . But Jackie

> Flether of the support group Jabs, representing parents concerned

> about vaccination, said: " The GMC charges are totally unfounded

and

> seem to be a total witch hunt against Wakefield and the

> research team. All the researchers did was raise a red flag

[about

> MMR] and say more research was needed. " All the doctors are

> believed to have denied professional misconduct.

> > The spread of a contagion of fear

> > By Geneviève

> > * FEBRUARY 1998: Wakefield's paper is published in The

> Lancet, linking the MMR triple vaccine with autism

> > * 2000: Demand for single vaccines rises

> > * JANUARY 2001: The Government rejects calls for a single

> measles vaccine on the NHS

> > * 2001: MMR vaccinations fall to 84.2 per cent of children,

down

> from 92 per cent in 1996

> > * EARLY 2003: Immunisation rates reach low of 78.9 per cent

> > * NOVEMBER 2003: Dr Simon Murch says there is " unequivocal

> evidence that MMR is not a risk factor for autism "

> > * 2004: It emerges that while preparing his Lancet paper, Dr

> Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of children

> allegedly damaged by MMR

> > * 2004: Immunisation rates rise to 81 per cent

> > * 2004: Number of cases of mumps: 16,436, up from 4,204 the

> previous year. In 2005 the number is up to 56,390

> > * MID-2005: Immunisation rates rise to 85 per cent

> > * OCTOBER 2005: Cochrane Library says there is no credible

> evidence that MMR harms

> > * APRIL 2006: A boy, 13, who had not received the MMR vaccine,

> becomes the first person to die of measles in 14 years

> >

>

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> >

June 12, 2006

I found these quotes interesting:

> Horton is reported to have stated that he would not have published the paper, had he known about the MMR litigation. As >reported, this clearly has major implications for the valid scientific investigation and reporting of possible iatrogenic injury in patients >who may also be seeking legal redress.

>Some parents were referred to social services and false claims of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy were levied. The parents were >right; their children have an inflammatory intestinal disease.

Here's a question. Mr. Deer has something posted on his web site which according to him found not evidence of measles, etc. in samples.

http://briandeer.com/wakefield/nick-chadwick.htm

It appears to be a cut and paste job from of all things merely the abstract of a Ph.D thesis paper, and not an actual study from a peer-reviewed publication.

Has anyone ever come across the entire study or thesis paper with any sort of date validation attached to it? I prefer to not base conclusions on an abstract, but would like to read Chadwick entire work, if possible. Or perhaps has this thesis paper been validated by anyone other than Mr. Deer?

All I could find concerning this Ph.D thesis was it had a supervisor who has a home address in East Sussex and appears to drive to Urbino, Italy each day to work .

http://www.uniurb.it/nbt/pfds/iancv.pdf#search='Molecular%20Strategies%20for%20the%20Detection%20of%20Measles%20Virus%20in%20Inflammatory%20Bowel%20Disease'

Re: In the dock: the man who caused the great MMR scare

Wakefield: "On March 6, 2004, some of our ex-colleagues issued a "retraction of an interpretation", not a retraction of the factual content of the paper, as widely inferred. Since no interpretation of the possible MMR/autism link was offered in the original 1998 Lancet report, other than to state that the data did not constitute evidence of an association and suggest that further research was required, it is difficult to know quite what has been retracted, particularly in light of (Lancet editor) Horton's current plea for further research funding for autism, a plea that we welcome wholeheartedly."http://briandeer.com/wakefield/retraction-reply.htm> >> > What bs...like Columbus got...Ignac Semmelweis got....idiots going > after men of truth.> > > > http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article799541.ece> > > > In the dock: the man who caused the great MMR > scare > By nce, Health > Editor Published: 12 June > 2006 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The doctor who sparked an > international scare over the safety of MMR vaccine is to be charged > with serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council > in an attempt by the medical establishment finally to lay the > controversy to rest. > > > Wakefield, who published a research paper in 1998 purporting to > show a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, is accused in > preliminary charges of publishing "inadequately founded" research, > failing to obtain ethical committee approval, obtaining > funding "improperly" and of subjecting children to "unnecessary and > invasive investigations", The Independent has learnt. The research > is said to have caused immunisation rates to slump and cases of > measles, mumps and rubella to soar. The research, which appeared in > The Lancet, is said to have done more damage than anything > published in a scientific journal in living memory.> > Detailed charges are being formulated by the GMC's lawyers for > presentation in the autumn and a public hearing is expected next > year. If found guilty Dr Wakefield, 50, could be struck off the > medical register.> > The GMC has brought the case itself in the public interest. > There is no complainant. The investigation has taken two years and > lawyers for Dr Wakefield say he and his family are suffering > distress caused by the delay in bringing charges.> > The research was carried out at the Royal Free Hospital, north > London, by Dr Wakefield and 12 other doctors and published in The > Lancet in February 1998. The warning about the combined vaccine was > amplified by Dr Wakefield at a press conference - to the disquiet > of his colleagues present - and the subsequent scare led tens of > thousands of parents to boycott the vaccine.> > Immunisation rates fell over the next five years from more than > 90 per cent nationally to a low of 78.9 per cent in early 2003. In > parts of London rates fell below 60 per cent. There was a > resurgence in cases of the three diseases, including rubella > (German measles), according to the Health Protection Agency. The > number of cases of mumps soared from 4,204 cases in 2003 to 16,436 > in 2004 and to 56,390 cases last year.> > Since 2003 the MMR vaccination rate has increased slightly and > in mid-2005 stood at 83 per cent. A spokeswoman for the agency > said: "The fear of Wakefield has dissipated a bit. The figures are > coming back up."> > In 2004 it emerged that at the time he was preparing The Lancet > paper, Dr Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of > children allegedly damaged by the MMR vaccine to look for evidence > that could be used to help take legal action against manufacturers > of the vaccine.> > He received £55,000 from the Legal Aid Board, which was paid > into his research fund but which he had not disclosed to his co-> researchers. At least four of the 12 children in the Lancet study > were also in the Legal Aid Board funded study. He was accused by > The Lancet of failing to declare a conflict of interest that could > have influenced his findings.> > Horton, the editor, declared the paper "fatally flawed" > and said if he had known in 1998 about the conflict of interest he > would never have published it. The journal partially withdrew the > paper in February 2004 and the following month 10 of the 12 authors > withdrew the claim of a link with autism. Reid, the Health > Secretary at the time, called on the GMC to hold an inquiry. Dr > Wakefield, a consultant gastroenterologist, left the Royal Free > Hospital in 2001 "by mutual agreement". He has since worked mainly > in America.> > The Government's chief medical officer, Sir Liam son, > accused Dr Wakefield of mixing "spin and science". But Jackie > Flether of the support group Jabs, representing parents concerned > about vaccination, said: "The GMC charges are totally unfounded and > seem to be a total witch hunt against Wakefield and the > research team. All the researchers did was raise a red flag [about > MMR] and say more research was needed." All the doctors are > believed to have denied professional misconduct.> > The spread of a contagion of fear > > By Geneviève > > * FEBRUARY 1998: Wakefield's paper is published in The > Lancet, linking the MMR triple vaccine with autism> > * 2000: Demand for single vaccines rises> > * JANUARY 2001: The Government rejects calls for a single > measles vaccine on the NHS> > * 2001: MMR vaccinations fall to 84.2 per cent of children, down > from 92 per cent in 1996> > * EARLY 2003: Immunisation rates reach low of 78.9 per cent> > * NOVEMBER 2003: Dr Simon Murch says there is "unequivocal > evidence that MMR is not a risk factor for autism"> > * 2004: It emerges that while preparing his Lancet paper, Dr > Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of children > allegedly damaged by MMR> > * 2004: Immunisation rates rise to 81 per cent> > * 2004: Number of cases of mumps: 16,436, up from 4,204 the > previous year. In 2005 the number is up to 56,390> > * MID-2005: Immunisation rates rise to 85 per cent> > * OCTOBER 2005: Cochrane Library says there is no credible > evidence that MMR harms> > * APRIL 2006: A boy, 13, who had not received the MMR vaccine, > becomes the first person to die of measles in 14 years > > > > The doctor who sparked an > international scare over the safety of MMR vaccine is to be charged > with serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council > in an attempt by the medical establishment finally to lay the > controversy to rest. > > > Wakefield, who published a research paper in 1998 purporting to > show a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, is accused in > preliminary charges of publishing "inadequately founded" research, > failing to obtain ethical committee approval, obtaining > funding "improperly" and of subjecting children to "unnecessary and > invasive investigations", The Independent has learnt. The research > is said to have caused immunisation rates to slump and cases of > measles, mumps and rubella to soar. The research, which appeared in > The Lancet, is said to have done more damage than anything > published in a scientific journal in living memory.> > Detailed charges are being formulated by the GMC's lawyers for > presentation in the autumn and a public hearing is expected next > year. If found guilty Dr Wakefield, 50, could be struck off the > medical register.> > The GMC has brought the case itself in the public interest. > There is no complainant. The investigation has taken two years and > lawyers for Dr Wakefield say he and his family are suffering > distress caused by the delay in bringing charges.> > The research was carried out at the Royal Free Hospital, north > London, by Dr Wakefield and 12 other doctors and published in The > Lancet in February 1998. The warning about the combined vaccine was > amplified by Dr Wakefield at a press conference - to the disquiet > of his colleagues present - and the subsequent scare led tens of > thousands of parents to boycott the vaccine.> > Immunisation rates fell over the next five years from more than > 90 per cent nationally to a low of 78.9 per cent in early 2003. In > parts of London rates fell below 60 per cent. There was a > resurgence in cases of the three diseases, including rubella > (German measles), according to the Health Protection Agency. The > number of cases of mumps soared from 4,204 cases in 2003 to 16,436 > in 2004 and to 56,390 cases last year.> > Since 2003 the MMR vaccination rate has increased slightly and > in mid-2005 stood at 83 per cent. A spokeswoman for the agency > said: "The fear of Wakefield has dissipated a bit. The figures are > coming back up."> > In 2004 it emerged that at the time he was preparing The Lancet > paper, Dr Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of > children allegedly damaged by the MMR vaccine to look for evidence > that could be used to help take legal action against manufacturers > of the vaccine.> > He received £55,000 from the Legal Aid Board, which was paid > into his research fund but which he had not disclosed to his co-> researchers. At least four of the 12 children in the Lancet study > were also in the Legal Aid Board funded study. He was accused by > The Lancet of failing to declare a conflict of interest that could > have influenced his findings.> > > > Horton, the editor, declared the paper "fatally flawed" > and said if he had known in 1998 about the conflict of interest he > would never have published it. The journal partially withdrew the > paper in February 2004 and the following month 10 of the 12 authors > withdrew the claim of a link with autism. Reid, the Health > Secretary at the time, called on the GMC to hold an inquiry. Dr > Wakefield, a consultant gastroenterologist, left the Royal Free > Hospital in 2001 "by mutual agreement". He has since worked mainly > in America.> > The Government's chief medical officer, Sir Liam son, > accused Dr Wakefield of mixing "spin and science". But Jackie > Flether of the support group Jabs, representing parents concerned > about vaccination, said: "The GMC charges are totally unfounded and > seem to be a total witch hunt against Wakefield and the > research team. All the researchers did was raise a red flag [about > MMR] and say more research was needed." All the doctors are > believed to have denied professional misconduct.> > The spread of a contagion of fear > > By Geneviève > > * FEBRUARY 1998: Wakefield's paper is published in The > Lancet, linking the MMR triple vaccine with autism> > * 2000: Demand for single vaccines rises> > * JANUARY 2001: The Government rejects calls for a single > measles vaccine on the NHS> > * 2001: MMR vaccinations fall to 84.2 per cent of children, down > from 92 per cent in 1996> > * EARLY 2003: Immunisation rates reach low of 78.9 per cent> > * NOVEMBER 2003: Dr Simon Murch says there is "unequivocal > evidence that MMR is not a risk factor for autism"> > * 2004: It emerges that while preparing his Lancet paper, Dr > Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of children > allegedly damaged by MMR> > * 2004: Immunisation rates rise to 81 per cent> > * 2004: Number of cases of mumps: 16,436, up from 4,204 the > previous year. In 2005 the number is up to 56,390> > * MID-2005: Immunisation rates rise to 85 per cent> > * OCTOBER 2005: Cochrane Library says there is no credible > evidence that MMR harms> > * APRIL 2006: A boy, 13, who had not received the MMR vaccine, > becomes the first person to die of measles in 14 years > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ads_kid=0; > Ads_bid=0; Ads_xl=0; Ads_yl=0; > Ads_xp=''; Ads_yp=''; Ads_opt=0; > > Ads_wrd=''; Ads_prf='art=799541'; > Ads_par=''; Ads_cnturl=''; Ads_sec=0; > Ads_channels=''; function Ads_PopUp() {} > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________> >

June 12, 2006

The major problem is that he pulled the mask off for everyone to see- and the rot underneath was exposed. A dirty little secret becomes common knowledge. And the response has now become so easy to predict.

Of course we know they are not really concerned about Wakefield's research, rather the response by others who have read Wakefield's research and have finally learned the truth.

Payback from the secret society begets further payback from those who learn still further truths- and learn to dig further. But the genie is out of the box- never to go back in.

They are no longer trusted and they know what that portends.

The spoiled swipe back?

In the dock: the man who caused the great MMR scare

What bs...like Columbus got...Ignac Semmelweis got....idiots going after men of truth.http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article799541.ece

In the dock: the man who caused the great MMR scare

By nce, Health Editor

Published: 12 June 2006

The doctor who sparked an international scare over the safety of MMR vaccine is to be charged with serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council in an attempt by the medical establishment finally to lay the controversy to rest.

Wakefield, who published a research paper in 1998 purporting to show a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, is accused in preliminary charges of publishing "inadequately founded" research, failing to obtain ethical committee approval, obtaining funding "improperly" and of subjecting children to "unnecessary and invasive investigations", The Independent has learnt. The research is said to have caused immunisation rates to slump and cases of measles, mumps and rubella to soar. The research, which appeared in The Lancet, is said to have done more damage than anything published in a scientific journal in living memory.

Detailed charges are being formulated by the GMC's lawyers for presentation in the autumn and a public hearing is expected next year. If found guilty Dr Wakefield, 50, could be struck off the medical register.

The GMC has brought the case itself in the public interest. There is no complainant. The investigation has taken two years and lawyers for Dr Wakefield say he and his family are suffering distress caused by the delay in bringing charges.

The research was carried out at the Royal Free Hospital, north London, by Dr Wakefield and 12 other doctors and published in The Lancet in February 1998. The warning about the combined vaccine was amplified by Dr Wakefield at a press conference - to the disquiet of his colleagues present - and the subsequent scare led tens of thousands of parents to boycott the vaccine.

Immunisation rates fell over the next five years from more than 90 per cent nationally to a low of 78.9 per cent in early 2003. In parts of London rates fell below 60 per cent. There was a resurgence in cases of the three diseases, including rubella (German measles), according to the Health Protection Agency. The number of cases of mumps soared from 4,204 cases in 2003 to 16,436 in 2004 and to 56,390 cases last year.

Since 2003 the MMR vaccination rate has increased slightly and in mid-2005 stood at 83 per cent. A spokeswoman for the agency said: "The fear of Wakefield has dissipated a bit. The figures are coming back up."

In 2004 it emerged that at the time he was preparing The Lancet paper, Dr Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of children allegedly damaged by the MMR vaccine to look for evidence that could be used to help take legal action against manufacturers of the vaccine.

He received £55,000 from the Legal Aid Board, which was paid into his research fund but which he had not disclosed to his co-researchers. At least four of the 12 children in the Lancet study were also in the Legal Aid Board funded study. He was accused by The Lancet of failing to declare a conflict of interest that could have influenced his findings.

Horton, the editor, declared the paper "fatally flawed" and said if he had known in 1998 about the conflict of interest he would never have published it. The journal partially withdrew the paper in February 2004 and the following month 10 of the 12 authors withdrew the claim of a link with autism. Reid, the Health Secretary at the time, called on the GMC to hold an inquiry. Dr Wakefield, a consultant gastroenterologist, left the Royal Free Hospital in 2001 "by mutual agreement". He has since worked mainly in America.

The Government's chief medical officer, Sir Liam son, accused Dr Wakefield of mixing "spin and science". But Jackie Flether of the support group Jabs, representing parents concerned about vaccination, said: "The GMC charges are totally unfounded and seem to be a total witch hunt against Wakefield and the research team. All the researchers did was raise a red flag [about MMR] and say more research was needed." All the doctors are believed to have denied professional misconduct.

The spread of a contagion of fear

By Geneviève

* FEBRUARY 1998: Wakefield's paper is published in The Lancet, linking the MMR triple vaccine with autism

* 2000: Demand for single vaccines rises

* JANUARY 2001: The Government rejects calls for a single measles vaccine on the NHS

* 2001: MMR vaccinations fall to 84.2 per cent of children, down from 92 per cent in 1996

* EARLY 2003: Immunisation rates reach low of 78.9 per cent

* NOVEMBER 2003: Dr Simon Murch says there is "unequivocal evidence that MMR is not a risk factor for autism"

* 2004: It emerges that while preparing his Lancet paper, Dr Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents of children allegedly damaged by MMR

* 2004: Immunisation rates rise to 81 per cent

* 2004: Number of cases of mumps: 16,436, up from 4,204 the previous year. In 2005 the number is up to 56,390

* MID-2005: Immunisation rates rise to 85 per cent

* OCTOBER 2005: Cochrane Library says there is no credible evidence that MMR harms

* APRIL 2006: A boy, 13, who had not received the MMR vaccine, becomes the first person to die of measles in 14 years