Comments on: More MMR bad science: The Guardian, the BMJ, and Holford Watch in BMJ Rapid Responses

By: 1 in 58 Have Autism Redux: I Blame The Observer « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:24:44 +0000

[...] of the team that is supposed to have uncovered this figure, has explained that that figure has no foundation. Prof. Baron-Cohen wote a letter to The Observer (amongst others) to correct that infamous 1 in 58 [...]

By: Media Response to the Observer and Autism « Action For Autism

Media Response to the Observer and Autism « Action For Autism — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:54:00 +0000

[...] figures (the claim that 1 in 58 children is on the autistic spectrum) is even more disturbing. [read on ] In the aftermath of the Observer debacle, one of those described in the original piece as being an [...]

By: Was it ethical to film the Food for the Brainproject at Chineham Green School, and Broadcast this on Tonight with Trevor McDonald? « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:50:36 +0000

[...] Holford Myths ← More MMR bad science: The Guardian, the BMJ, and Holford Watch in BMJ Rapid Responses [...]

By: Shinga

Shinga — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:23:41 +0000

As Orac says, “The Stupid, it burns”.

I do think that the BMJ propagating this canard is a new nadir in the story but it is too much to hope that it is the absolute nadir.