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Pharyngula on Andrew Wakefield

Pharyngula discusses the latest antics of disgraced Andrew Wakefield: Andrew Wakefield lashes out http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/01/06/andrew-wakefield-lashes-out/ I just gotta post this again from 2010 that explains the background behind the fall of Wakefield and the problems of scientific illiteracy in the media: The Facts In The Case Of Dr. Andrew Wakefield http://tallguywrites.livejournal.com/148012.html Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu [...]

Andrew Wakefield and the fraud of MMR vaccine scare

Science-Based Medicine has a rather comprehensive article regarding Andrew Wakefield and the fraud of the MMR vaccine scare: “Piltdown medicine” and Andrew Wakefield’s MMR vaccine fraud http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=9552 Other background information here from May 2010: The Facts In The Case Of Dr. Andrew Wakefield http://tallguywrites.livejournal.com/148012.html Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

Immorality of the Society of Homeopaths

The Quackometer article “The Society of Homeopaths, Richard Barr and MMR” explains the unethical behaviours of The Society of Homeopaths. I’d even call these behaviours immoral. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010

The MMR tragedy…the sad story continues

I cannot quite believe that Andrew Wakefield lodged a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission regarding a Sunday Times article written by Brian Deer. Reading the blog at http://holfordwatch.info/2009/03/16/andrew-wakefield-lodges-complaint-about-brian-deer-with-press-complaints-commission/, it’s clear to me that Andrew Wakefield should take full responsibility for his actions. Perhaps then he can start the recovery process to become fully rehabilitated [...]

Ben Goldacre’s continuing story on LBC’s harassment and misinformation

Thanks, Ben. http://www.badscience.net/2009/03/christ-i-need-a-haircut/ Related information at http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2009/02/09/187.html Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009

LBC, MMR and badscience

Thanks to a couple of blogs I was brought up to date on the silly antics of LBC and their harassment of Ben Goldacre. Ben Goldacre’s badscience article provides a lot of information and also I gotta thank DC’s Improbable Science article for a reminder. Copyright © 2009 Kulvinder Singh Matharu – All Rights Reserved