this is an example of Blog Wars

[Guest guest]

I have had an exchange with a pediatrician (just out from his indoctrination,

err, i mean

training); it is on a Peoria television station web blog run by a good

journalist, Jen

Christensen. See how much fun I am having...

web site is pretty good one for moms on a variety of health issues.

http://newsanchormom.blogspot.com/

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Knight in Dragonland has left a new comment on the post " Autism and

Vaccinations " :

[Dr Ayoub said] " If you think you can search www.FDA/CDC/AAP and you call this

" research " , you are a fool. "

While the FDA can often bow to political pressure, the CDC and the AAP base

their

recommendations on peer-reviewed research done by scientists and clinicians who

have

dedicated themselves to the scientific method and a search for truth in this

matter. As far

as you've shown here, your beliefs are based on paranoia, and your claims of

expertise and

overwhelming evidence are smoke and mirrors.

[Dr Ayoub said] " I can easily make you eat your words on this "

Then do it, Dr. Ayoub. This is a public forum. Where's your supposedly

overwhelming

evidence? So far all I see is blather and bluster.

[Dr Ayoub said] " I am submitting 3 papers this year. I have already presented 2

abstracts at

annual meetings. And your CV?? "

I could submit papers until the cows come home, but that's simply braggadocio.

Those

papers could be complete drivel. Only accepted papers are meaningful.

As for abstracts presented at meetings, many end up being research dead ends.

Abstract

presentations have their purpose, but it is not a peer-reviewed process.

I'm not claiming to be an expert, Dr. Ayoub. You are ... and you don't have the

credentials

for it. I am a pediatrician in a primary care practice, so I'm quite sure that I

have more

personal experience with vaccine administration than a radiologist. That,

however, is the

only expertise that I claim other than a personal interest in this topic.

You may be able to bluster your way past people who don't know any better, Dr.

Ayoub ...

but you can't con me.