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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:00 PM Original message |
Report Linking Vaccine To Autism Was Fraudulent, Says British Medical Journal |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm shciked, SHOCKED!! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. One more report of the same thing they announced years ago. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The anti-vaccine nutters aren't prepared to move on. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Wakefield's research was discredited years ago. This is old news. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Pfft. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Agreed. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Wrong place nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
96. Seriously. It is rather interesting |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Being pro-safe-vaccinations doesn't make me anti-science |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No, citing cranks like RFK Jr makes you anti-science and anti-vaccination. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Watch Dr. Poling address his child's autism below. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 02:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Yes, and cranks like Dr. Jon Poling, a neurologist and father of Hannah. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Age of Autism is not a credible source for anything |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. The father of the child is the credible source. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
87. No, he's not. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. He's done no "serious science on autism?" You're very wrong. He's not only studied the science, he's |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. You don't seem to understand that autism is a syndrome; |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I quite well understand that autism is a syndrome, thanks. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Then your extensive review of the literature should have proved to you |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I haven't called anyone doing credible research a crank. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. If he is a crank, then so are you. When did you get your own M.D.? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I'm not pushing antiscientific ideas based on quackery and fraud. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Then you and I are the same -- if people like me are cranks |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. People like RFK Jr are cranks, yes |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. If I'm a crank for "ignoring evidence," then so are you. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I haven't seen you cite more than one article. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. I cited 10 articles in one of the links you've previously responded to. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. You failed to provide links. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. All those articles are in refereed journals. I can't link to them |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Martha Herbert? Seriously? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. She's a practicing physician working with autistic patients |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Logical fallacy. Appeal to authority. (Look it up.) |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Pot calling the kettle black. (Look it up.) n/t |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Kindly point out any logically fallacious statements I've made. I welcome you to. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. You appealed to your authorities, I appealed to mine. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. No, I referenced credible research that's supported by independent studies. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #85 |
91. +1 |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Bwah! There is "a diversity of considered scientific opinion on the subject." |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. I think the researchers at the Transcend Center at Harvard/Mass General |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
92. No, it's not. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Hannah Polings parents are not anti-science |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Isn't her father an M.D.? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Yes Ma'am. He's a neurologist. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Polings had a mitochindrial disorder, not autism. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Her mother disputed that here. Her father has also gone on the record, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 02:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Her father, a neurologist, says she has both autism and a mitochondrial disorder. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
70. They received a settlement precisely because her autism-but-not-autism |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. I agree: autism is simply a collection of symptoms. And she has them. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Exactly. How many declarations suggesting Wakefield is a fraud |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. tell my dead brother that |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I'm very sorry to hear that, CountAllVotes. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. yes it is very sad |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The holidays are stressful for many people. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. yes |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. We are supposed to pretend your brother doesn't exist. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Your own personal "certainty" isn't proof of anything except your own prejudices. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 02:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
44. And your certainty is based on nothing but your own prejudices. n/t |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
86. that is very true |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. K&R... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Based upon the assertions of Brian Deer apparently? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Can't imagine why anyone would do such a thing... nt |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Neither can I! Goodness, there are no powerful, big money interests |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I don't take fake science lightly; I'm a lifetime insulin dependent. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Question. Who gets to decide what fake science is? Wakefield's study |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. The evidence is irrefutable that WAKEFIELD had big money interests. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Big money? He made a pittance compared to what Paul Offit makes |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #35 |
47. But he was going after big bucks in a lawsuit with faked evidence. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. No he wasn't. He was a paid expert, who represented parents of injured children. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Vaccine critic? Wakefield? He developed a competing vaccine, and |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. This is true. I point it out repeatedly myself. But he also criticized a particular triple |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Yes, because he was getting paid to criticize it, and developing his own competing vaccine |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I didn't say that. What I said was Wakefield is not much different than the MANY who |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. So when you said this: |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Sorry you took it that way. What I said was, there is corruption |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Wakefield has BEEN a fraud for more than a decade. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. So says Brian Deer. And this is considered new "news" because??????? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
93. So says the greatest preponderance of the legitimate scientific community WORLD WIDE. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. He's caused untold misery and has the death of innocent babies on his hands |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. all this for a fake lawsuit and lots of hero worship. And in the end, who really got the glory? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. A woman too vain to admit the possibility that something could be "wrong" |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. Andrew Wakefield is a murderer. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. The evidence shows he suggested three jabs vs. one and vaccination |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
94. correlation does not equal cause |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
30. Wakefield can go to hell. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
48. we agree on precious few occasions, but--yup. nt |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. Or indeed, Texas |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
49. BMJ article full text now available for free: |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. And here is a link to Harvard/Mass General's Transcend Center |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #61 |
95. Which of course has nothing whatsoever to do with Wakefield's quackery. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
60. Another 'no shit 'moment |
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Spock_is_Skeptical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
68. Ahhhahahahahaahahaaaaa!!!!!!!! |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
71. Are we sure autism isn't linked to cell phones and wireless internet? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
73. Good discussion on Ratigan now n/t |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
75. I don't know what's more repulsive: Wakefield's phony "research," or the deluded souls that still |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #75 |
90. Don't assume you can speak for anyone |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
88. Kick.... |
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