A Doctor's Defense

[pioneer]

Supporters of the doctor who first linked the MMR vaccine to autism have gathered as he defends his reputation at a General Medical Council hearing.

Dr Andrew Wakefield, along with two colleagues, is charged with serious professional misconduct.

His research paper, published in the Lancet in 1998 but since disowned by the journal, sparked widespread fears that the MMR triple jab was unsafe.

The current hearing focuses on alleged irregularities in his research methods.

One of the campaigners supporting Dr Wakefield was Nina Lteif, 37, whose six-year-old twin boys have autism.

Ms Lteif, from Surrey, said: "There has been a witch-hunt against him, when all he was trying to do was help people.

source: BBC News Online

[Jang]

And how many witch-hunt would have to go to save thier professions?
Doctors, doctor that doctors the doctors. I mean it.

[kiamoy]

MMR, measles.mumps and rubella vaccine..nagpublish cya ug book nga dapat mu prefer ta ug single jabs against measles, mumps and rubella, separated by gaps of one year than dunganon ang vaccine sa MMR in one jab kay they identified associated gastrointestinal disease and developmental regression in a group of previously normal children..hmm.. so mi tuo ang uban parents.. even if mas greater ang risk sa sakit if i prolong ang immunization sa tulo ka disease than combining them..


Professional misconduct charges:

The charges include:

    * He was being paid to conduct the study by solicitors representing parents who believed their children had been harmed by MMR, and failed to disclose this in his IRB.
    * He ordered investigations "without the requisite paediatric qualifications".
    * Acting "dishonestly and irresponsibly" in failing to disclose how patients were recruited for the study, and that some      were paid to take part.
    * Performing colonoscopies, colon biopsies and lumbar punctures ("spinal taps") on his research subjects without proper approval and contrary to the children's clinical interests, when these diagnostic tests were not indicated by the children's symptoms or medical history.
    * Conducting the study on a basis which was not approved by the hospital's ethics committee.
    * Purchasing blood samples - for £5 each - from children present at his son's birthday party, as described by Wakefield himself in a videotaped public conference.

Wakefield denies the charges. On 27 March 2008, Wakefield will defend his reputation at a General Medical Council hearing.


ergo, i won't support for him..