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By: Autism Blog - Conflicts, then and now | Left Brain/Right Brain

Autism Blog - Conflicts, then and now | Left Brain/Right Brain — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:35:18 +0000

[...] people people (and Orac, and Kev, and AutismNewsBeat, to name a few) have gotten it right already, so I shouldn’t be too worried about it. But, as [...]

By: The Curious Reports of Vaccines and Autism on CBS

The Curious Reports of Vaccines and Autism on CBS — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:45:22 +0000

[...] has been pointed out, the big story that CBS News is unearthing here is that (says Autism News Beat): evidence that [...]

By: blog-thing : Voices for Vaccines

blog-thing : Voices for Vaccines — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:26:30 +0000

[...] truth is somewhat different. As my fellow bloggers Orac, Kev and Autism Newsbeat have already pointed out, the reporter on this case, Sharyl Attkisson, provided no new [...]

By: blog-thing : The unjustified abuse of Paul Offit

blog-thing : The unjustified abuse of Paul Offit — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:07:00 +0000

[...] execrable piece of journalism that has been roundly condemned by my fellow bloggers Orac, Kev and Autism Newsbeat as [...]

By: mike stanton

mike stanton — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:40:10 +0000

There is probably no hope for Attkisson. But presumably she has an editor. Is there no redress for the people she has maligned?

By: bones

bones — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:54:16 +0000

“Hay Autism Propaganda Beat, Will conserns about over and over disingenus argments make the argments more better with no “evidenece”?”

Good God, man! I have a brain bleed from attempting to translate that.

By: Autism Blog - Conflicts of interest, whats good for the goose… | Left Brain/Right Brain

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:18:14 +0000

[...] recently blogged by Autism News Beat, CBS Evening News (an American news outlet) recently performed an investigation [...]

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:02:26 +0000

Let’s say its a combination of factors – genetic, environmental and vaccinations – and research based on that…we all know it’s NOT just genetics. One must be predisposed genetically to reactions of the vaccinations…

The factors are genetic and environmental. Only someone with an agenda would say genetic, environmental and vaccinations. Why should vaccinations be considered special compared to any random environmental factor? Because you want to? Good try though.

By: autblog

autblog — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:08:03 +0000

Real science is self correcting. The alt-med anti-vaccine movement lacks a mechanism for self correction. That’s why Jenny McCarthy still says that vaccines contain anti-freeze – her movement doesn’t care about the truth, only about what can be achieved by distorting the truth.

By: Orac

Orac — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:05:25 +0000

But let’s be honest, just for a minute. Can so many parents be wrong?

Yes, they can. Personal experience and anecdotes can be very deceptive. If such weren’t the case, we wouldn’t need science or epidemiology.

Can’t pharma, AAP, CDC and some doctors be incorrect?

Possible, but unlikely in this case based on the existing evidence.