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• Media Response to the Observer and Autism

  Published: July 22, 2007, 3:53 pm

  Tags: Andrew Wakefield, Mmr, Autism, Observer, Journalism

  The Observer’s recent scare story on autism has at least two good points. They have taken such a beating that it is unlikely that they will publish another PR story for Wakefield for a long time to come. I have discovered a lot of interesting blogs which support rational discourse and look forward to reading them on [...]

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• The Observer replies over Wakefield, autism and MMR.

  Published: July 21, 2007, 9:37 pm

  Tags: Andrew Wakefield, Mmr, Autism, Observer

  This Sunday The Observer nearly apologizes for its disgraceful front page report on Autism a fortnight ago. But they still don’t get it. Today’s Observer says that, The report from the ARC was entitled the Final Report of a three-year research project for the Shirley Foundation, a private charitable trust that has an interest in

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• Cry Shame on the Observer and MMR and Autism

  Published: July 16, 2007, 3:24 am

  Tags: Mmr, Vaccines, Autism, Observer, Journalism

  Last Sunday the Observer published a really shoddy piece of journalism about the increase in autism and the possible connection with MMR. I fired off a letter to the editor and persuaded some colleagues to add their signatures. Unfortunately I sent it to the Readers editor and not the Letters editor. Therefore my letter did not [...]

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• Cry Shame on Wakefield and MMR

  Published: July 8, 2007, 12:44 pm

  Tags: Andrew Wakefield, Mmr, Quackery, Vaccines, Autism

  of vaccines specifically MMR and thimerosol [sic] containing vaccines - in the onset of autistic-like regression and to make transparent the ruthless

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• Patrick Holford - Quack of Quacks

  Published: June 27, 2007, 7:34 pm

  Tags: Badscience, Patrick Holford, Mmr, Quackery In Autism, Autism, Diet

  George Elliot’s eponymous hero Felix Holt was a man of principle unlike his father. After his father’s death, Felix was heir to nothing better than a quack medicine; his mother lived up a back street in Treby Magna, and her sitting-room was ornamented with her best tea-tray and several framed testimonials to the virtues of

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• New Scientist and the Autism Omnibus

  Published: June 23, 2007, 4:39 pm

  Tags: New Scientist, Thimerosal, Mmr, Geiers, Autism Omnibus, Autism Parents, Chelation, Lupron, Autism, Research Ethics, Quackery In Autism, Autism Research, Mercury

  containing vaccines, MMR or a combination of the

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• Vaccines, Autism and Perception of Risk

  Published: June 21, 2007, 7:45 pm

  Tags: Mmr, Andrew Wakefield, Autism Omnibus, Thimerosal, Autism Parents, Autism, Vaccines, Mercury

  Committee: thimerosal; MMR; thimerosal and MMR

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• Autism Omnibus - a disaster for the families

  Published: June 19, 2007, 8:02 pm

  Tags: Mmr, Arthur Allen, Autism Omnibus, Thimerosal, Autism Parents, Mercury, Autism, Parents

  After 5 years of delays and legal wrangling the Autism Omnibus proceedings have finally begun. Arthur Allen has blogged about the trial and in one of his posts asks the question, Are they seriously trying to win this case? This is a good question. There are nearly 5000 children involved in the Autism Omnibus proceedings [...]

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• Omnibus hearing: Closing statement, petitioners, etc

  Published: July 1, 2007, 12:02 am

  Tags: Cedillo, Measles, Hearing, Omnibus, Vaccines, Trial, Mercury, Mmr, Autism, Thimomersa, Thimerosal, Hhs

  here: whether or not MMR causes autistic spectrum disorder.The PSC offered this as a test case and treated it as such. Hold them to that. Go beyond the specific facts. We believe we've shown that Michelle Cedillo suffers from autism. She suffered from it before she ever got her MMR vaccine. Do not stop at that finding. Go forward

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• Arthur Allen in Slate magazine

  Published: June 29, 2007, 8:13 pm

  Tags: Cedillo, Measles, Hearing, Omnibus, Vaccines, Trial, Mercury, Mmr, Autism, Thimomersa, Thimerosal, Hhs

  Here are some quotes from:True BelieversWhy there's no dispelling the myth that vaccines cause autism.By Arthur Allen....Another explanation for the refusal to face facts is what cognitive scientists call confirmation bias. Years ago, when writing an article for the Washington Post Magazine about the Tailwind affair, a screwy piece of journalism

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• Omnibus hearing: Griffin

  Published: June 29, 2007, 7:44 pm

  Tags: Cedillo, Measles, Hearing, Omnibus, Vaccines, Trial, Mercury, Mmr, Autism, Thimomersa, Thimerosal, Hhs

  on schedule with the MMR a few weeks later. It's frightening to think that kids who get the wild-type measles can end up dead from it 10 years later. That's one of the best arguments Autism Diva has ever seen for vaccinating. Measles can kill quickly, too, but usually the death comes from a secondary infection. Measles seems to tie up

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• Omnibus hearing: Fombonne on epidemiology

  Published: June 28, 2007, 5:01 am

  Tags: Cedillo, Measles, Hearing, Omnibus, Vaccines, Trial, Mercury, Mmr, Autism, Thimomersa, Thimerosal, Hhs

  with no association between MMR and autism, and I think the consistency of findings across studies, across countries, across investigators group, is quite striking.Q. Doctor, in the United Kingdom, when the media first started reporting on this purported hypothesis of MMR autism, did that affect MMR vaccination rates in the U.K.?A. It did.

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• Omnibus hearing: Chadwick and Brent

  Published: June 26, 2007, 4:01 pm

  Tags: Cedillo, Measles, Hearing, Omnibus, Vaccines, Trial, Mercury, Mmr, Autism, Thimomersa, Thimerosal, Hhs

  in conjunction with an MMR vaccine?A. Yes, I do have an opinion about that.Q. What is that?A. Well, I've looked at the medical records quite extensively. I've reviewed the literature in a great deal of detail, and I think it's clear there's no relationship between thimerosal administration and the development of autism or ASD.Q. And do

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• LA Times on the Omnibus hearing

  Published: June 26, 2007, 12:53 am

  Tags: Cedillo, Measles, Hearing, Omnibus, Vaccines, Trial, Mercury, Mmr, Autism, Thimomersa, Thimerosal, Hhs

  one blaming autism on the MMR vaccine, one blaming mercury and one blaming both.In many ways, Michelle seems a strange choice for the first test case, because she is not a typical autistic child. She has also been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, osteopenia, uveitis and epilepsy.But her case, which is based on the

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• Omnibus hearing: Hanauer and McCusker

  Published: June 24, 2007, 5:07 am

  Tags: Cedillo, Measles, Hearing, Omnibus, Vaccines, Trial, Mercury, Mmr, Autism, Thimomersa, Thimerosal, Hhs

  As usual, transcripts and audio recordings of day 9 of the hearing are available here. Dr. Stephen B. Hanauer is a professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Nutrition at the University of Chicago. Board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. Inaugural Chair of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation's Clinical Alliance (page 2078 of

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