Re: DOCTOR Andy Wakefield is like REAL-JOURNALIST Julian Assange: crucified for telling the truth. That Archived Message
Posted by walter on September 6, 2019, 1:51 pm, in reply to "Re: DOCTOR Andy Wakefield is like REAL-JOURNALIST Julian Assange: crucified for telling the truth. That "
I won't get into the nitty gritties of the MMR-autism issue, but talk of 'manslaughter' is wide of the mark - in its lack of proportionality this is very reminiscent of blaming Assange for the potential possibility that someone might be injured by the leaking of truth about murderous military policy. You also seem uninformed on the breaking of this controversy, John. Dr Andrew Wakefield only suggested single vaccines as a precaution. What he highlighted in his now infamous paper related to bowel disease and the measles virus. Rhisiart's analogy is pretty apt in my view. Dr Wakefield then got the Assange treatment - as if shooting him down in flames meant the story went up in flames too. Around the time of the press release, several other doctors shared his concern about the multiple MMR vaccine, including some doctors involved who publicly supported the policy. I'm surprised at you not knowing (or caring!?) that the autism concern didn't originate with Dr Wakefield. The attribution of the scare to 'a quack' who could then be 'discredited' by establishment machinations was a political act in order to kill the story. Actually, by the time of the outbreak of the issue in the media, the concern had been already been expressed by hundreds of parents who had gone to solicitors after their children seemed to regress following the MMR. The image of the quack sensationalising fake results to the media is an establishment creation. Wakefield's handling of his concerns seemed entirely normal and proper, expressing them first via the normal channels over a period of years prior to the 1988 paper. The hospital (the Royal Free Hospital) played a key role in the speed at which this story broke, sensing it was onto something though it was mainly about bowel disease. The issue of an autism connection was much more sensational and it was the direction of the press questions on this solely to Dr Wakefield in the press conference in the Royal Free that really set the story alight. Have you read Dr Halvorsen's book The Truth About Vaccines'? He isn't an anti-vaxxer either but has compiled a good and detailed history of child vaccines. When the MMR concern surfaced, the authorities went 'all in' in order to give an immediate assurance that their internal committees had proven there was no link - while the actual conclusion was that it needed to be researched.
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