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How Andrew Wakefield Tried To Censor Opponents (February 15th)
So last week I talked all about Andrew Wakefield. Particularly what a jerk he is, and how it
was his poor science that lead to the current anti-vaccination movement. And of course that
he was recently discredited by the general medical council and his original paper was
rejected by the Lancet. Which pretty much ruins the foundation of the Anti-Vax crowd.
Well, that is, if they bother to look at the real world, and logic, and things like that.
Because, I don't want to belabor the point, but I really need to address this letter that
Jenny McCarthy and Jim Cary supposedly wrote themselves.
Basically what it does is it defends Wakefield, but of course not using facts (because they
don't really have those). And they don't bother to explain away his behavior, like giving
Lumbar punctures to develop-mentally disabled children that don't need them, and without
ethics approval. No, they don't bother to tell us why he did that. But instead they
just shout that it was censorship. That Wakefield is simply being censored.