Not all scientists are the stereotypical Frankensteinian, Emmett “Doc” Brown lookalikes of this world, supposedly out-of-touch with reality. We can all admit that this is sci-fi nonsense. And that’s exactly the white-coated myth that Dr. John Chilton and Dr. Lorna Harries set out to debunk at the Exeter Medical School in 2005 (then the Peninsula […]
Bioscience
What’s really in the flu jab?
Andrew Wakefield’s paper claiming that the MMR vaccine caused autism has been widely discredited and described as fraudulent. Alongside poor experimental design, small sample size, and manipulated evidence, Wakefield also had multiple conflicts of interests and received payments from lawyers seeking evidence against vaccine manufacturers. Despite the overwhelming proof condemning his claim, the scandal has […]