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. . . received about a million dollars from lawyers who were, of course, trying to prove the MMR vaccine was unsafe.
All together now, boys and girls: THAT'S A BIG CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
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All together now, boys and girls: THAT'S A BIG CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Conflict of interest
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Date: 2007-01-02 06:05 pm (UTC)Yea, that just says it all does it not?
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Date: 2007-01-02 06:15 pm (UTC)Having said that - a lot of good science is also funded by people with vested interests, for obvious reasons, and a lot of bad science is funded by supposedly neutral parties like government agencies. Wakefield's work was rotten science in every way, starting with his sample group, and the funding source is only a motivating factor, it's not the problem in itself. Don't remind me of this when I'm ranting about how the BMI is the product of "science" funded by Weight Watchers, OK? :)
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Date: 2007-01-02 06:19 pm (UTC)