Brits ban controversial vaccine-autism doctor
The story is sort of “old news” by now, but I was just reading about the British medical establishment’s banning of Dr. Andrew Wakefield. Wakefield is the doctor who released as study a few years ago insisting there was a link between some childhood vaccines and autism.
Wakefield, however, wasn’t banned because of the facts of the study, as I read it. He was banned because of the way he conducted the studies and the way he treated the children he studied. I don’t understand all the details but, bottom line is that the study has been declared radically flawed AND he’s in trouble for the way he treated study participants.
I don’t wish the good doctor ill. I really know little or nothing about him or the study. I think it’s sad that many, many parents refused (and still refuse) to have their children vaccinated, based on false findings and fear. That’s how diseases deemed eradicated may be poised to make tragic comebacks.
Perhaps the good doctor, if he really wants to continue research, ought to focus on a cure for the common cold, or how to treat acne — certainly not something with the potential to hurt so many families and children.
Just my opinion.