Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Part 3 of the BMJ's Wakefield exposé - Richard Horton and The Lancet

Brian Deer writes:

"But documents, emails, and replies obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal no formal investigation. What emerges is merely a scramble to discredit my claims during the 48 hours after I disclosed the information. They show the journal’s editor (Richard Horton), the paper’s senior authors, and the Royal Free medical school, frantically mobilising against me. Were it not for the GMC case, which cost a rumoured £6m (€7m; $9m), the fraud by which Wakefield concocted fear of MMR would forever have been denied and covered up."

http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c7001.full

This is better than WikiLeaks!!

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