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This “journalist”, Fiona Phillips, thinks she know more than the Medical community about medicine. She is typical of the type of “journalist” that the Mirror employs, lazy, stupid and just plain dangerous.

Of course this idiot, Ms Phillips, has form on this such as when she appeared on Question Time, and  repeated an anecdote a friend had told her about their child receiving the MMR vaccine and

‘becoming a different child almost overnight’

She asserted that “these parents cannot be denied”, which I take to mean that we can’t deny the claims of parents that their anecdote of MMR causing autism was true.

I don’t think anyone is denying that these children received the MMR vaccine. I don’t think anyone is denying that these children have been diagnosed as having autism. What can be denied is that the MMR injection equates to getting Autism. Too many studies now have showed no link worldwide. The fact that Autism is often diagnosed at or around the time the MMR is given is just part of the development cycle associated with children.

Fortunately, the other panellists were rather more sensible than Ms Phillips and the responses of Paddy Ashdown, Liam Fox and Jan Royall almost made up for her idiotic comments. Ms Phillips clearly does not understand coincidence, correlation, and causation. Perhaps “journalist” who opine on things they obviously have no understanding of should be encouraged to enter into education and better inform themselves. If they know nothing and rely on “ancedotes” then perhaps they should learn to keep their mouths shut and their stories to themselves.

Perhaps she should also have a look at the type of nutjobs this man now works with. They believe anything that will help them “understand” how their poor child was infected with Autism rather than it just being a condition the child was born with.

His false study into MMR set back by years the Treatment and Research  of Autism and the take-up of the MMR in the UK by many years hurting and indeed  killing many children in this time.

As I said before I wish the GMC would have him hung, drawn and quartered in the interests of Medical Science. Ms Phillips should hang her head in shame.

MMR doc’s just guilty of caring – mirror.co.uk.

Dr Andrew Wakefield, the expert at the centre of the MMR controversy,

“failed in his duties as a responsible consultant” and did not act in the best interests of children involved in his research,

the General Medical Council (GMC) ruled today.

Wakefield also acted dishonestly and was misleading and irresponsible in the way he described research which was later published in The Lancet medical journal, the GMC said.

Maybe at last people will see the damage this one person managed to make to the research into the true causes of Autism. He set back research in this area by a number of  years as funds and resources were diverted in investigating any possible links.

I assume the GMC can still sentence him to be hung, drawn and quartered in the interests of Medical Science.

via MMR doctor ‘failed to act in interests of children’ | Science | guardian.co.uk.

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According to the BBC:

Latest autism figures should dispel any fears about the MMR jab being linked to the condition, say experts.

The NHS Information Centre found one in every hundred adults living in England has autism, which is identical to the rate in children.

If the vaccine was to blame, autism rates among children should be higher because the MMR has only been available since the early 1990s, the centre says.

This is the first time the rate in adults has been evaluated.

Tim Straughan, chief executive of The NHS Information Centre, said: “This landmark report is the first major study into the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders among adults to be carried out anywhere in the world.

“While the sample size was small and any conclusions need to be tempered with caution, the report suggests that, despite popular perceptions, rates of autism are not increasing, with prevalence among adults in line with that among children.

“It also suggests that, among adults, rates of autism remain broadly constant across age groups.

“The findings do not support suggestions of a link between the MMR vaccine and the development of this condition.”

Concern over the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine was sparked by a paper published in The Lancet in 1998 by the now discredited  Dr Andrew Wakefield.

I’m glad to her this bit of hogwash has a much more final conclusion. All this has done is take away funding from the proper study of Autism and put it into looking at these supposed links. Now at least the funding can go back to looking at causes and possible solutions for Autism and helping support those with Autism and their Families.

If you want proper information on Autism please go to the National Autistic Society website.

BBC NEWS | Health | Autism rates back MMR jab safety.