Somewhat famously, the BMJ was a key player in exposing the fraudulent behavior of Dr. Andrew Wakefield, whose fraudulent study created the modern anti-vax movement.
Wakefield and two other authors of the paper were struck of the medical register for what was considered "serious medical misconduct", which was basically technicalities concerning the way the tests on the children were conducted, not on their clinical conclusions.
Two of the authors appealed to the high court and were reinstated by the GMC.
No the GMC did not charge Wakefield et al with fraud. Those claims were made in editorial by the BMJ's editor. It wasn't even a proper paper. What the media did not highlight was that BMJ had a massive conflict of interest in that they had a deal with Merck to market some medical info from a database that Merck owned.
In short you guys need to do your homework and not parrot everything you read in the MSM.
As for the idea the Wakefield's paper started the anti-vax movement that is pure nonsense, another story promoted by the MSM with no foundation whatsoever.
Are you also aware that the Wakefield paper never said the MMR vaccine causes autism? I suggest you read the paper yourself.
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BMJ piece against Wakefield was itself "fraudulent"
Wakefield and two other authors of the paper were struck of the medical register for what was considered "serious medical misconduct", which was basically technicalities concerning the way the tests on the children were conducted, not on their clinical conclusions.
Two of the authors appealed to the high court and were reinstated by the GMC.
No the GMC did not charge Wakefield et al with fraud. Those claims were made in editorial by the BMJ's editor. It wasn't even a proper paper. What the media did not highlight was that BMJ had a massive conflict of interest in that they had a deal with Merck to market some medical info from a database that Merck owned.
In short the BMJ was as morally suspect and dirty nosed even more so than Wakefield. BMJ & the Lancet Wedded to Merck CME Partnership – Alliance for Human Research Protection
In short you guys need to do your homework and not parrot everything you read in the MSM.
As for the idea the Wakefield's paper started the anti-vax movement that is pure nonsense, another story promoted by the MSM with no foundation whatsoever.
Are you also aware that the Wakefield paper never said the MMR vaccine causes autism? I suggest you read the paper yourself.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by HectorVonCovid.
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