ShloimeB
“The biggest issue was that he did not get proper permission from his subjects”
no that is the smallest issue.
The biggest issue was that Wakefield falsified facts
Other big issues were flaws in the study design, which only had an n of 12 and the design was uncontrolled.
More minor issues are the one you mentioned and the fact that he had financial interests that he failed to disclose
“Nobody that leans in the direction of studying vaccine risks gets funding. “
You dont know what you are talking about. You start with a null hypothesis ie no link between vaccine and autism and then you determine if the data supoorts or rejects the nulll hypothesis. Im not sure where the “leaning of the researcher” comes into play. Even Wakefeild didint claim go looking for a risk. If a legitimate study comes along proving vaccines are harmful journals would fight over it. However over and over studies show the same thing. It is amazing they still get published.
” What are your qualifications? “
I read English, see “The fraud behind the MMR scare” published in BMJ
what are yours?
“have you taken any advanced, post college level courses in any related field?”
yes