Re: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal ReportsBy T...

[Guest guest]

For those interested in following up on this story, here are some links of

various information I've come across. The first is for an article that

talks about an ongoing study that is testing for measles in 275 kids with

autism and bowel disease. So far, only 82 have been tested but of those 70

tested positive. It will be very interesting to see the results when it is

complete. Given the high rate of kids with autism that appear to have viral

issues, I wonder how many would also show other viruses as well like HHV6.

Also, it would be interesting to see if these kids tested to have high

measles blood titers especially since my son has a history of bowel issues

since age 2 but did not test to have a high measles titer.

_http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-388051/Scientists-fear-MMR-link-aut

ism.html_

(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-388051/Scientists-fear-MMR-link-autism.\

html)

This has some interesting studies that compared vaccinated kids and

non-vaccinated kids:

_Click here:

http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/autismMMR.pdf_

(http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/autismMMR.pdf)

Here's a link to the 1998 Lancet Paper that is the subject of the fraud

allegation.

_http://briandeer.com/mmr/lancet-paper.pdf_

(http://briandeer.com/mmr/lancet-paper.pdf)

This is a link to an interesting video that contains interviews with some

of the parents of the 12 kids that were the subject of that 1998 paper.

_http://www.viddler.com/explore/ziggy/videos/1/_

(http://www.viddler.com/explore/ziggy/videos/1/)

[Guest guest]

I'm also baffled by all the press this is getting and the timing. I've

never been one to think that vaccines cause autism but the more I see stories

like this where media seem to be exaggerating what such incidences mean

(on both sides), the more I suspect that this is propaganda and I want to

research and see the actual studies. Sadly, spinning " studies " and things

doctors say is being used on both sides of the issue so those of us who want to

take an unbiased view and fully understand the information have much

difficulty doing so.

I had both forms of the measles and was out of school for a few days with a

fever. However, I did see the family of a young mother who died of the

measles in the ICU room next to where my father in law was recovering from a

heart attack. The hospital had isolated the room and at first thought she

had some rare disease but testing confirmed it to be measles.

Gaylen

In a message dated 1/11/2011 2:59:19 P.M. Central Standard Time,

dawndolan@... writes:

The continual press about Wakefield and his study makes me question

the

motives behind the story more than anything. This thing will not die and

the

more headlines I see about it, the more I question the motives behind

them.

It's almost funny. I'm not trying to get in a huge debate about it, just

making

an observation. Big Pharms conduct their own clinical trials all the time;

with

favorable results. Hmm. Only later to find out that the product was

actually

harmful, deadly, etc and pulled off the shelves. Even though this is a

regular

occurrence, we don't keep seeing headlines about it. If this guys was just

a

crackpot who falsified data, paid people off and whatever else he is being

accused of...okay, we got the memo! The more that is printed up about this

guy

whose life has been destroyed by this...the more I believe he is not a

crackpot...based solely on the fact that somebody won't let this die. Just

interesting, that's all.

Lastly, when people talk about the measles, I always wait for them to

finish the

sentence about their experience. " You got the measles and what??? Did your

head explode...blood come out of your eyes...what, please tell me?

Honestly, I

don't know and am very confused as to what ACTUALLY happens and what we're

TOLD

can happen. What is true and what is folklore?? Here's what I've heard so

far- " we'll, I got a fever. " Okay, you got a fever. I can deal with a

fever.

I'm sure this is not the case for everyone, just as a favorable reaction

to

vaccines is not the same for everyone. I just don't want to believe lies

perpetuated to scare me into doing something that as far as I've heard,

may not

be as scary as it seems. That said, I'm sure if the vaccines did not exist

for

measles, maybe many more people would have it and it would be deadly and

scary.

Just sayin', praise God, I haven't seen it.

________________________________

From: <_jlhank80@..._ (mailto:jlhank80@...) >

_ _ (mailto: )

Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 9:21:14 AM

Subject: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal

ReportsBy

THE ASSOCIATED PRES

right on .

-Jen

> > >

> > > Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal ReportsBy THE

ASSOCIATED

>PRESS

> > > Filed at 12:15 a.m. EST on January 06, 2011

> > >

> > > LONDON (AP) †" The first study to link a childhood vaccine to

autism was

>based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a

new

>report on the widely discredited research.

>

> > >

> > > The conclusions of the 1998 paper by Wakefield and colleagues

was

>renounced by 10 of its 13 authors and later retracted by the medical

journal

>Lancet, where it was published. Still, the suggestion the MMR shot was

connected

>to autism spooked parents worldwide and immunization rates for measles,

mumps

>and rubella have never fully recovered.

>

> > >

> > > A new examination found, by comparing the reported diagnoses in the

paper

>to hospital records, that Wakefield and colleagues altered facts about

patients

>in their study.

>

> > >

> > > The analysis, by British journalist Deer, found that despite

the

>claim in Wakefield's paper that the 12 children studied were normal until

they

>had the MMR shot, five had previously documented developmental problems.

Deer

>also found that all the cases were somehow misrepresented when he

compared data

>from medical records and the children's parents.

>

> > >

> > > Wakefield could not be reached for comment despite repeated calls

and

>requests to the publisher of his recent book, which claims there is a

connection

>between vaccines and autism that has been ignored by the medical

establishment.

>Wakefield now lives in the U.S. where he enjoys a vocal following in

cluding

>celebrity supporters like McCarthy.

>

> > >

> > > Deer's article was paid for by the Sunday Times of London and

Britain's

>Channel 4 television network. It was published online Thursday in the

medical

>journal, BMJ.

>

> > >

> > > In an accompanying editorial, BMJ editor Fiona Godlee and colleagues

called

>Wakefield's study " an elaborate fraud. " They said Wakefield's work in

other

>journals should be examined to see if it should be retracted.

>

> > >

> > > Last May, Wakefield was stripped of his right to practice medicine

in

>Britain. Many other published studies have shown no connection between

the MMR

>vaccination and autism.

>

> > >

> > > But measles has surged since Wakefield's paper was published and

there are

>sporadic outbreaks in Europe and the U.S. In 2008, measles was deemed

endemic in

>England and Wales.

>

> > >

> > > ___

> > >

> > > Online:

> > >

> > > www.bmj.com

> > >

> >

> >

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Guest guest]

I'd be curious to know whether other patients who have had their

vaccine titers tested showed high or strangely low in any. My son showed

extremely high for mumps and equivocal for polio when he was tested around age

9. I always thought the high mumps titer seemed strange especially since

most of the time that he shows symptoms from viral flare-ups, it involves

throat issues.

Gaylen

In a message dated 1/15/2011 6:46:19 P.M. Central Standard Time,

rogerbruneau@... writes:

Thats what we did, we tested for the titers, presented them to our family

doctor and got her to write a deferrment so that our son could go to

school. I am not pro unneccesarry vaccines, but I try not to over react

either.

We dont get flu vacinnes because thay are by their nature untested for

long term effects and frequently oversold to the public. However I do believe

some vaccines save many lives, especially in developing nations.

From: Bill klimas <_klimas_bill@..._ (mailto:klimas_bill@...) >

Subject: Re: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal

ReportsBy THE ASSOCIATED PRES

_ _ (mailto: )

Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 1:35 PM

It is not just the vaccines it's the timing and boosters. You can test to

see if

a child still has immunity and test to see if they have weak immune

systems. We

should have a program that allow for parents to get their kids vaccinated

without the danger and then there would be no problem.

________________________________

From: <_jlhank80@..._ (mailto:jlhank80@...) >

_ _ (mailto: )

Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 12:21:14 PM

Subject: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal

ReportsBy

THE ASSOCIATED PRES

right on .

-Jen

> > >

> > > Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal ReportsBy THE

ASSOCIATED

>PRESS

> > > Filed at 12:15 a.m. EST on January 06, 2011

> > >

> > > LONDON (AP) †" The first study to link a childhood vaccine to

autism was

>based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a

new

>report on the widely discredited research.

>

> > >

> > > The conclusions of the 1998 paper by Wakefield and colleagues

was

>renounced by 10 of its 13 authors and later retracted by the medical

journal

>Lancet, where it was published. Still, the suggestion the MMR shot was

connected

>to autism spooked parents worldwide and immunization rates for measles,

mumps

>and rubella have never fully recovered.

>

> > >

> > > A new examination found, by comparing the reported diagnoses in the

paper

>to hospital records, that Wakefield and colleagues altered facts about

patients

>in their study.

>

> > >

> > > The analysis, by British journalist Deer, found that despite

the

>claim in Wakefield's paper that the 12 children studied were normal until

they

>had the MMR shot, five had previously documented developmental problems.

Deer

>also found that all the cases were somehow misrepresented when he

compared data

>from medical records and the children's parents.

>

> > >

> > > Wakefield could not be reached for comment despite repeated calls

and

>requests to the publisher of his recent book, which claims there is a

connection

>between vaccines and autism that has been ignored by the medical

establishment.

>Wakefield now lives in the U.S. where he enjoys a vocal following

including

>celebrity supporters like McCarthy.

>

> > >

> > > Deer's article was paid for by the Sunday Times of London and

Britain's

>Channel 4 television network. It was published online Thursday in the

medical

>journal, BMJ.

>

> > >

> > > In an accompanying editorial, BMJ editor Fiona Godlee and colleagues

called

>Wakefield's study " an elaborate fraud. " They said Wakefield's work in

other

>journals should be examined to see if it should be retracted.

>

> > >

> > > Last May, Wakefield was stripped of his right to practice medicine

in

>Britain. Many other published studies have shown no connection between

the MMR

>vaccination and autism.

>

> > >

> > > But measles has surged since Wakefield's paper was published and

there are

>sporadic outbreaks in Europe and the U.S. In 2008, measles was deemed

endemic in

>England and Wales.

>

> > >

> > > ___

> > >

> > > Online:

> > >

> > > www.bmj.com

> > >

> >

> >

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Guest guest]

Noah tested strange as well. He was high (as in what they see with active

infection) in some areas, such as mumps, but had no immunity against measles or

rubella. Totally messed up!

Robyn

From: Bill klimas <_klimas_bill@..._ (mailto:klimas_bill@...) >

Subject: Re: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal

ReportsBy THE ASSOCIATED PRES

_ _ (mailto: )

Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 1:35 PM

It is not just the vaccines it's the timing and boosters. You can test to

see if

a child still has immunity and test to see if they have weak immune

systems. We

should have a program that allow for parents to get their kids vaccinated

without the danger and then there would be no problem.

________________________________

From: <_jlhank80@..._ (mailto:jlhank80@...) >

_ _ (mailto: )

Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 12:21:14 PM

Subject: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal

ReportsBy

THE ASSOCIATED PRES

right on .

-Jen

> > >

> > > Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal ReportsBy THE

ASSOCIATED

>PRESS

> > > Filed at 12:15 a.m. EST on January 06, 2011

> > >

> > > LONDON (AP) †" The first study to link a childhood vaccine to

autism was

>based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a

new

>report on the widely discredited research.

>

> > >

> > > The conclusions of the 1998 paper by Wakefield and colleagues

was

>renounced by 10 of its 13 authors and later retracted by the medical

journal

>Lancet, where it was published. Still, the suggestion the MMR shot was

connected

>to autism spooked parents worldwide and immunization rates for measles,

mumps

>and rubella have never fully recovered.

>

> > >

> > > A new examination found, by comparing the reported diagnoses in the

paper

>to hospital records, that Wakefield and colleagues altered facts about

patients

>in their study.

>

> > >

> > > The analysis, by British journalist Deer, found that despite

the

>claim in Wakefield's paper that the 12 children studied were normal until

they

>had the MMR shot, five had previously documented developmental problems.

Deer

>also found that all the cases were somehow misrepresented when he

compared data

>from medical records and the children's parents.

>

> > >

> > > Wakefield could not be reached for comment despite repeated calls

and

>requests to the publisher of his recent book, which claims there is a

connection

>between vaccines and autism that has been ignored by the medical

establishment.

>Wakefield now lives in the U.S. where he enjoys a vocal following

including

>celebrity supporters like McCarthy.

>

> > >

> > > Deer's article was paid for by the Sunday Times of London and

Britain's

>Channel 4 television network. It was published online Thursday in the

medical

>journal, BMJ.

>

> > >

> > > In an accompanying editorial, BMJ editor Fiona Godlee and colleagues

called

>Wakefield's study " an elaborate fraud. " They said Wakefield's work in

other

>journals should be examined to see if it should be retracted.

>

> > >

> > > Last May, Wakefield was stripped of his right to practice medicine

in

>Britain. Many other published studies have shown no connection between

the MMR

>vaccination and autism.

>

> > >

> > > But measles has surged since Wakefield's paper was published and

there are

>sporadic outbreaks in Europe and the U.S. In 2008, measles was deemed

endemic in

>England and Wales.

>

> > >

> > > ___

> > >

> > > Online:

> > >

> > > www.bmj.com

> > >

> >

> >

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Guest guest]

Our son’s titers were also strange. He tested positive for antibodies to

Measles, Rubella but IMMUNE to Mumps. I feel this means he had mumps before the

MMR. I’m confused by this...

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Robyn &

Greg Coggins

Sent: January-15-11 10:10 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal

ReportsBy T...

Noah tested strange as well. He was high (as in what they see with active

infection) in some areas, such as mumps, but had no immunity against measles or

rubella. Totally messed up!

Robyn

From: Bill klimas <_klimas_bill@... <mailto:_klimas_bill%40> _

(mailto:klimas_bill@... <mailto:klimas_bill%40> ) >

Subject: Re: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal

ReportsBy THE ASSOCIATED PRES

_ <mailto:_%40> _

(mailto: <mailto:%40> )

Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 1:35 PM

It is not just the vaccines it's the timing and boosters. You can test to

see if

a child still has immunity and test to see if they have weak immune

systems. We

should have a program that allow for parents to get their kids vaccinated

without the danger and then there would be no problem.

________________________________

From: <_jlhank80@... <mailto:_jlhank80%40> _

(mailto:jlhank80@... <mailto:jlhank80%40> ) >

_ <mailto:_%40> _

(mailto: <mailto:%40> )

Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 12:21:14 PM

Subject: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal

ReportsBy

THE ASSOCIATED PRES

right on .

-Jen

> > >

> > > Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal ReportsBy THE

ASSOCIATED

>PRESS

> > > Filed at 12:15 a.m. EST on January 06, 2011

> > >

> > > LONDON (AP) †" The first study to link a childhood vaccine to

autism was

>based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a

new

>report on the widely discredited research.

>

> > >

> > > The conclusions of the 1998 paper by Wakefield and colleagues

was

>renounced by 10 of its 13 authors and later retracted by the medical

journal

>Lancet, where it was published. Still, the suggestion the MMR shot was

connected

>to autism spooked parents worldwide and immunization rates for measles,

mumps

>and rubella have never fully recovered.

>

> > >

> > > A new examination found, by comparing the reported diagnoses in the

paper

>to hospital records, that Wakefield and colleagues altered facts about

patients

>in their study.

>

> > >

> > > The analysis, by British journalist Deer, found that despite

the

>claim in Wakefield's paper that the 12 children studied were normal until

they

>had the MMR shot, five had previously documented developmental problems.

Deer

>also found that all the cases were somehow misrepresented when he

compared data

>from medical records and the children's parents.

>

> > >

> > > Wakefield could not be reached for comment despite repeated calls

and

>requests to the publisher of his recent book, which claims there is a

connection

>between vaccines and autism that has been ignored by the medical

establishment.

>Wakefield now lives in the U.S. where he enjoys a vocal following

including

>celebrity supporters like McCarthy.

>

> > >

> > > Deer's article was paid for by the Sunday Times of London and

Britain's

>Channel 4 television network. It was published online Thursday in the

medical

>journal, BMJ.

>

> > >

> > > In an accompanying editorial, BMJ editor Fiona Godlee and colleagues

called

>Wakefield's study " an elaborate fraud. " They said Wakefield's work in

other

>journals should be examined to see if it should be retracted.

>

> > >

> > > Last May, Wakefield was stripped of his right to practice medicine

in

>Britain. Many other published studies have shown no connection between

the MMR

>vaccination and autism.

>

> > >

> > > But measles has surged since Wakefield's paper was published and

there are

>sporadic outbreaks in Europe and the U.S. In 2008, measles was deemed

endemic in

>England and Wales.

>

> > >

> > > ___

> > >

> > > Online:

> > >

> > > www.bmj.com

> > >

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/16/2011 10:59:21 A.M. Central Standard Time,

susan_fund@... writes:

<<If the hep B is given at birth the kid is several times more likely to

develop autism (I think it was 2,5 to 3 times more likely). >>

Where did you learn about this? If there is a research study, I'd be

interested in reading it. I'm mostly neutral on this subject but like to read

the studies to understand. From all of the studies and reports I have

seen, I do not believe that there is evidence to support the assertion that

vaccines do not cause, or contribute to, autism in some susceptible

individuals. I don't think there's enough evidence to support that they do

either

but would really like to see more research on how various things that can

affect a developing immune system (viruses, toxins, etc) might contribute to

regressive autism. The Hanna Poling case is interesting. It would be nice

if they would do more research to determine if there is some testing that

can be done early on to pinpoint people whose systems cannot handle vaccines

or other exposures.

Gaylen

[Guest guest]

All you have to do is google Hep B study and Autism. It will lead you to the

study proving that the Hep B vaccine triples the chances of getting autism. 

 

My oldest who is now 18 reactred poorly to his vaccines and had many autism

syptoms. Fortuneately they were not giving sooooo many vaccines back then and he

was able to overcome autism. He is now a freshman at Cornell and VERY neuro

typical.

 

My second son received many more vaccines and was even vaccinated right after

having pneumonia. He is 14 yrs old and has moderate autism despite numerous

biomedical treatments to help him over come autism

 

My 3rd son is now 12 and VERY neuro typical. He never had any signs of autism

because I held off vaccinating him till he was older and only gave him a few

vaccines.

 

In addition, do you know that dogs are now getting diagnosed with autism.  I do

not even give my dog any vaccines except the rabbies vaccine once every 3 years

and we special order it w/o the mercury.  My Vet told me that 1/2 the dogs she

vaccinates for lyme (which that vaccine contains mercury) do get lyme anyway.

 

From: Googahly@... <Googahly@...>

Subject: Re: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal

ReportsBy T...

Date: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 3:56 PM

 

In a message dated 1/16/2011 10:59:21 A.M. Central Standard Time,

susan_fund@... writes:

<<If the hep B is given at birth the kid is several times more likely to

develop autism (I think it was 2,5 to 3 times more likely). >>

Where did you learn about this? If there is a research study, I'd be

interested in reading it. I'm mostly neutral on this subject but like to read

the studies to understand. From all of the studies and reports I have

seen, I do not believe that there is evidence to support the assertion that

vaccines do not cause, or contribute to, autism in some susceptible

individuals. I don't think there's enough evidence to support that they do

either

but would really like to see more research on how various things that can

affect a developing immune system (viruses, toxins, etc) might contribute to

regressive autism. The Hanna Poling case is interesting. It would be nice

if they would do more research to determine if there is some testing that

can be done early on to pinpoint people whose systems cannot handle vaccines

or other exposures.

Gaylen

[Guest guest]

I don't know our results - I'm not sure we were tested.

I remember one explanation for the variety of levels of antibodies to vaccinated

viruses being something about how the immune status - the TH1 vs TH2 response is

shifted ... one shift makes lots of antibodies, the other does other stuff.  So

if you're shifted to say the antibody-making side at the time (or after) of

vaccination, you will produce far more antibody than someone who's in a

different place.  That's one of the reasons why so many will say the antibody

level doesn't matter so much.  You would have to look more at the immune panel

and cytokine patterns to solve that riddle, rather than the antibody level. 

Even very high antibodies to certain viruses doesn't even mean that virus is

active or recent - it takes watching a pattern over time, plus adding in the

various stages of immune response (IgM, IgG, etc.).

Then, add to that, sometimes the virus itself (like HHV6) can trick the immune

system and hide.  Reading the HHV6 foundation's website, it seems that they

still to this day do not have a valid test for the virus that can absolutely

definitely show whether HHV6 is active.  And THEN, more recently published,

they

discovered that even while HHV6 is LATENT (presently suppressed by the immune

system, not an active infection) - it still is doing something to the immune

system.  That was actually huge news - and I don't know why that hasn't

received

more attention except maybe it came along just before the XMRV news broke.  I

forgot about it myself until just now.  But everyone has HHV6 ... so again, it

can't be just about that virus - it still has to have to do with some other

factors as well.

So yes we've heard lots about wide variations of antibody response and Dr G has

explained it in the past.  He has not been concerned about the levels, but

rather uses them as a part of the medical history, as a small part of a big

picture.  Alone, they mean little.  And yet, he monitors certain antibodies to

viruses closely - like HHV6.  Kinda confuses me...   Then there's ASO titers

to

strep, and I definitely know for fact that I can predict my ASO titer based on

my anxiety and OCD levels within 50 points.  And a high ASO titer in

'mainstream' will prompt further testing, but without other symptoms present,

other lab findings, the presence of a high ASO titer is clinically insignificant

(unfortunately for me for a couple of years there until I could prove my chronic

iron def anemia directly correlated to my ASO titers).  Now thankfully i have

Dr

's help, but mainstream would never have considered OCD & anxiety as a

clinical symptom.  And Dr G definitely takes that one seriously and monitors

it,

keeps kids on antibiotics until that is down.

Confused enough? 

HTH

________________________________

From: " Googahly@... " <Googahly@...>

Sent: Sat, January 15, 2011 7:03:10 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal

ReportsBy T...

 

I'd be curious to know whether other patients who have had their

vaccine titers tested showed high or strangely low in any. My son showed

extremely high for mumps and equivocal for polio when he was tested around age

9. I always thought the high mumps titer seemed strange especially since

most of the time that he shows symptoms from viral flare-ups, it involves

throat issues.

Gaylen

In a message dated 1/15/2011 6:46:19 P.M. Central Standard Time,

rogerbruneau@... writes:

Thats what we did, we tested for the titers, presented them to our family

doctor and got her to write a deferrment so that our son could go to

school. I am not pro unneccesarry vaccines, but I try not to over react either.

We dont get flu vacinnes because thay are by their nature untested for

long term effects and frequently oversold to the public. However I do believe

some vaccines save many lives, especially in developing nations.

From: Bill klimas <_klimas_bill@..._ (mailto:klimas_bill@...) >

Subject: Re: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal

ReportsBy THE ASSOCIATED PRES

_ _ (mailto: )

Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 1:35 PM

It is not just the vaccines it's the timing and boosters. You can test to

see if

a child still has immunity and test to see if they have weak immune

systems. We

should have a program that allow for parents to get their kids vaccinated

without the danger and then there would be no problem.

________________________________

From: <_jlhank80@..._ (mailto:jlhank80@...) >

_ _ (mailto: )

Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 12:21:14 PM

Subject: Re: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal

ReportsBy

THE ASSOCIATED PRES

right on .

-Jen

> > >

> > > Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal ReportsBy THE

ASSOCIATED

>PRESS

> > > Filed at 12:15 a.m. EST on January 06, 2011

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> > > LONDON (AP) †" The first study to link a childhood vaccine to

autism was

>based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a

new

>report on the widely discredited research.

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> > >

> > > The conclusions of the 1998 paper by Wakefield and colleagues

was

>renounced by 10 of its 13 authors and later retracted by the medical

journal

>Lancet, where it was published. Still, the suggestion the MMR shot was

connected

>to autism spooked parents worldwide and immunization rates for measles,

mumps

>and rubella have never fully recovered.

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> > >

> > > A new examination found, by comparing the reported diagnoses in the

paper

>to hospital records, that Wakefield and colleagues altered facts about

patients

>in their study.

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> > >

> > > The analysis, by British journalist Deer, found that despite

the

>claim in Wakefield's paper that the 12 children studied were normal until

they

>had the MMR shot, five had previously documented developmental problems.

Deer

>also found that all the cases were somehow misrepresented when he

compared data

>from medical records and the children's parents.

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> > >

> > > Wakefield could not be reached for comment despite repeated calls

and

>requests to the publisher of his recent book, which claims there is a

connection

>between vaccines and autism that has been ignored by the medical

establishment.

>Wakefield now lives in the U.S. where he enjoys a vocal following

including

>celebrity supporters like McCarthy.

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> > >

> > > Deer's article was paid for by the Sunday Times of London and

Britain's

>Channel 4 television network. It was published online Thursday in the

medical

>journal, BMJ.

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> > >

> > > In an accompanying editorial, BMJ editor Fiona Godlee and colleagues

called

>Wakefield's study " an elaborate fraud. " They said Wakefield's work in

other

>journals should be examined to see if it should be retracted.

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> > >

> > > Last May, Wakefield was stripped of his right to practice medicine

in

>Britain. Many other published studies have shown no connection between

the MMR

>vaccination and autism.

>

> > >

> > > But measles has surged since Wakefield's paper was published and

there are

>sporadic outbreaks in Europe and the U.S. In 2008, measles was deemed

endemic in

>England and Wales.

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> > > Online:

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> > > www.bmj.com

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