I like the authors analogy of not-scooped poop on the sidewalk. In 2000, after three decades of intensive efforts, public health officials declared that endemic measles had been eradicated in the United States. But just as the experts were claiming victory, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, a British gastroenterologist, published in The Lancet a study of 12 children that posited a causal link between the measles vaccine and an intestinal disorder and autism. Subsequently, dozens of peer-reviewed studies based on the experience of millions of children found nothing to support such speculation, and in 2010 The Lancet retracted the study, citing fraudulent data and ethics violations. The same year, the British Medical Council barred Dr. Wakefield from practicing medicine because of ethical lapses.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:42:42 +0000
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