Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Ramifications of Bad, Bad, Research


I have been watching this closely. I found this great article from in The Globe and Mail today that discusses how the bad research that was done on the link between vaccines and autism has caused parents to become resistant to vaccinating their children. As a result, the flu is out of control this season. So sad, because this is preventable. Here is a great article on it;

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/andre-picard/doctors-discredited-vaccine-autism-link-leaves-a-legacy-of-preventable-death-and-disease/article1867998/

The irony is, is that Jenny McCarthy took on these flawed findings and began to rail on the medical establishment because of this study and her son's autism. I loved when she took this on. I thought it was so funny. Here is her current position;

http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2011/01/12/2011-01-12_jenny_mccarthy_reacts_to_article_claiming_theres_no_link_between_autism_and_chil.html