In June 2007 Patrick Holford contacted his mailing list to ask them to sign a petition in support of Andrew Wakefield. In February 2009, there is a new petition to support Wakefield. Holford has yet to redact his products and recommendations that rely upon Wakefield’s research so will he ask his followers to sign this new petition? We provide an annotated version of the We Support Andrew Wakefield petition. Continue reading →
Filed under Andrew Wakefield, autism, autistic spectrum disorders, brian deer, measles, MMR, patrick holford, vaccination, vaccines, Wakefield
Tagged as Amanda Peet, Andrew Wakefield, autism, autistic spectrum disorder, BPSDB, brian deer, children, conflict of interest, Every Child by Two, General Medical Council, Lancet, measles virus, MMR, patrick holford, Paul Offit, petition, Sunday Times
Former Visiting Professor Patrick Holford is still failing to reconsider his recommendations for the ‘treatment’ of autism despite the thorough examination of Andrew Wakefield’s research and related work and the conclusion that it is fatally flawed both by error and through deliberate manipulation. Continue reading →
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Tagged as Andrew Wakefield, Autism Omnibus, BPSDB, deception, fraud, Kawashima, measles, mercury, MMR, patrick holford, research fraud, scientific fraud, Unigenetics, vaccines
Several of Patrick Holford’s entrepreneurial products for autism have their theoretical justification in Andrew Wakefield’s work. With the recent explicit findings from the Autism Omnibus, it is clear that Wakefield’s research can not be relied upon (referred to in terms of “fraud” and “manipulation). It is past time for Holford to update his readers and subscribers who depend upon him for up-to-date research and advice. Continue reading →
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Tagged as Andrew Wakefield, autism, Autism Omnibus, autistic enterocolitis, BPSDB, Daily Mail, measles, MMR, patrick holford, vaccination, vaccination schedule, vaccines
Dr Ben Goldacre v. Jeni Barnett, LBC Radio and Global Radio in re: the MMR Vaccine Segment of Jeni’s show on 7 Jan 2009. Part 2 of the list of blogs and mainstream media outlets that are covering the story. Continue reading →
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Tagged as autism, Bad Science, Ben Goldacre, BPSDB, Global Radio, Jeni Barnett, LBC radio, measles, MMR
Jeni Barnett and LBC Radio, you might wish there to be an EMP to remove all traces of this sad and sorry incident concerning the ill-conceived MMR segment and the kerfuffle with Dr Ben Goldacre but that isn’t going to happen. Deleting blog posts will not help you mend fences. Continue reading →
Filed under Andrew Wakefield, measles, MMR, patrick holford, vaccination, vaccines
Tagged as Andrew Wakefield, Ben Goldacre, blog, BPSDB, censorship, Jeni Barnett, LBC radio, measles, MMR
Dr Andrew Wakefield has issued a response to Brian Deer that is effectively, “Anything that you criticise, some other guy done it. I am not wrong, I am a martyred hero, and single jabs are the best response to any upcoming measles epidemic”. Continue reading →
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Tagged as Andrew Wakefield, autism, BPSDB, brian deer, measles, MMR, single jabs
Quick and dirty rebuttal of some of the canards in Jeni Barnett’s lamentable LBC Radio piece on MMR. We provide short answers and some links on various issues: formaldehyde, mercury and aluminium salts in vaccines; animal cells or foetal cell lines in vaccines; Simian Monkey Virus and putative links to cancer; the myth of the autism epidemic; myth of maverick doctors being silenced; myth of we want a study in the absence of understanding of the ethics of what they are describing; the fallacy of the perfect solution; stop vaccinating until all vaccines are 100% safe for everyone; myth of babies’ delicate immune systems being overloaded by vaccines; vaccine safety has been researched; vaccination is not linked to asthma; children with allergies may be vaccinated (after due discussion with appropriate health professionals); why media stories about side-effects are disproportionately powerful; some ethnographic and research studies that indicate educated, higher socio-economic groups are more likely to opt out of vaccination; what happens when you start vaccinating; the Unigenetics lab results were the bedrock of Andrew Wakefield’s research but its laboratory conditions at that time mean that its results were worthless which has implication for the research; homeopathy and vaccination; the myth of measles as a trivial childhood illness with some discussion of secondary infections and other outcomes. Continue reading →
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Tagged as Andrew Wakefield, antivax, BPSDB, censorship, immunisation, Jeni Barnett, LBC radio, media, MMR, Nick Chadwick, Offit, Stephen Bustin, vaccination, vaccines
A transcript of Jeni Barnett with her final caller, Yasmin, during the MMR segment of her radio show, broadcast on LBC, Sunday 1 Feb, 2009. Continue reading →
Filed under Andrew Wakefield, Ben Goldacre, MMR, patrick holford, vaccination, vaccines
Tagged as Bad Science, Ben Goldacre, BPSDB, censorship, immunisation, Jeni Barnett, LBC radio, media, MMR, toxins gambit, vaccination, vaccine
Jeni Barnett made some protracted and unwise remarks about MMR and vaccination on her radio show. Following some criticism and publicity on Ben Goldacre’s blog, she now perceives herself as a martyr. Goldacre has received a legal threat. There are far too many legal threats as a reflex response to criticism. Continue reading →
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Tagged as Andrew Wakefield, autism, Ben Goldacre, BPSDB, censorship, Jeni Barnett, LBC, media, MMR, patrick holford, radio, vaccines
HolfordWatch previously argued that Medscape should have issued a correction rather than just withdraw a previous article about Gardasil and the safety profile of HPV vaccines. They have – and we were wrong: we meant an adequate and appropriate correction, not one that gives space to a notorious anti-vaccinationist as is her opinion is equivalent to the other scientists. This is not balanced journalism – it perpetuates myths and adds to the pundit brand equity of such commentators. Continue reading →
