Yes he is a doctor - he is still practicing in America with very good results for children with gastrointestinal issues and autism, he recently was invited by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons to talk to other doctors. The 'fraud' issue is debatable, it was brought up by a journalist, not a doctor, who has made his career on creating sensational stories about Wakefield. The BMJ has already admitted being funded by Merck and having conflicts of interest in publishing this kind of stuff about him. No parent ever complained about him, the complaint was by the journalist. The GMC never allowed any expert witnesses on Wakefield's side and let's face it, they were always going to reach the conclusion they reached because they needed to protect the vaccine programme. I think it was more of a PR campaign for the programme rather than anything to do with Wakefield as a doctor.
But vaccines aren't anything to do with the subject of this article - chiropractic care. Can we stick to the subject matter of the article, please.
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Yes he is a doctor - he is still practicing in America with very good results for children with gastrointestinal issues and autism, he recently was invited by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons to talk to other doctors. The 'fraud' issue is debatable, it was brought up by a journalist, not a doctor, who has made his career on creating sensational stories about Wakefield. The BMJ has already admitted being funded by Merck and having conflicts of interest in publishing this kind of stuff about him. No parent ever complained about him, the complaint was by the journalist. The GMC never allowed any expert witnesses on Wakefield's side and let's face it, they were always going to reach the conclusion they reached because they needed to protect the vaccine programme. I think it was more of a PR campaign for the programme rather than anything to do with Wakefield as a doctor.
But vaccines aren't anything to do with the subject of this article - chiropractic care. Can we stick to the subject matter of the article, please.
Thanks.
November 17, 2011 - 1:35amThis Comment
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