Autism-Vax Doc Scandal Was Pharma Business Scam 541
Sockatume writes "In his second report, Brian Deer exposes how MMR-autism prophet Andrew Wakefield aimed to profit from the vaccine scare. Two years before the research that 'discovered' the MMR-autism link, Wakefield began courting interest in a hundred-million-dollar diagnostics firm. The doctor hoped to seed the company with government legal aid money and profit by charging 'premium prices' for new diagnostic tests to be used in vaccine injury lawsuits. By the time Wakefield published, the proposals had expanded into producing new 'safe' vaccines, two businesses to gather legal aid funding, and interest from partners including Wakefield's own hospital. The scheme ultimately disintegrated with the arrival of new leadership at Wakefield's hospital and ongoing scrutiny into his research."
Autism VAX? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Doesn't Jenny McCarthy look stupid now (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory Office Space Quote (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Autism VAX? (Score:5, Funny)
Well, while the VAX wasn't autistic, it certainly its users weren't playing with a full DEC, either.
Re:This is a Big Deal (Score:5, Funny)
And if there were a God of Irony, a study would be published that conclusively demonstrated that autism is caused by breast implants.
Re:This is a Big Deal (Score:2, Funny)
Famously, Jenny McCarthy went on Oprah and told parents not to vaccinate their kids. Many doctors and parents LISTENED!
On the upside, this could (over time) increase "herd immunity" (via adverse selection) to the garbage that falls out of Oprah's cunt-mouth, so that's a bonus.
Re:Noooooooooo!!!!!!1111!11! (Score:5, Funny)
Did you ever give him steamed carrots? Like, the baby food with carrots in it? Or did you ever cook and mash up your own carrots? Or did your wife ever eat carrots and breastfeed your son? I don't want to cause undue alarm, but you need to search the web TODAY about carrots and developmental abnormalities. Seriously. Do it, and be careful with carrots until your child is at least in its teens.
Re:Noooooooooo!!!!!!1111!11! (Score:2, Funny)
I'm sorry to hear about your son.
I'm a Doctor (Doctor of Chiropractic). Please get your son in to a Chiropractor for immediate adjustments which can allow the nervous system to heal. If it hasn't been too long, the toxins in vaccines can be removed by chelation therapy. As a Chiropractor, I'm not allowed to make prescriptions but can recommend such treatments.
Remember:
- Proper Nutrition
- Exercise
- Regular Chiropractic treatment
- Don't visit MDs, they are quacks.
Good luck!
Re:Noooooooooo!!!!!!1111!11! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This is a Big Deal (Score:4, Funny)
Its worse than that! There are an uncountably infinite number of values between 0 and 1!
Only if you are irrational.
Re:Noooooooooo!!!!!!1111!11! (Score:3, Funny)