Jeni Barnett MMR 1/5

Jeni Barnett on MMR - The Complete Show 1 of 5

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[rachiesyd]

Whether you were being serious or not, the fact remains she did say that. And with the silly accent too. If you want to hear Ben's side of the story, I interviewed him this week for the Skeptic Zone (dot) tv.

[rachiesyd]

I interviewed Ben for this week's Skeptic Zone. Head to iTunes or Google Skeptic Zone podcast and you will find it.

[tehinfidel]

Thanks, Dr. Rachie, for making sure that the LBC only succeeded in spreading Barnett's nonsense far and wide by trying to sue and stifle Ben Goldacre over challenging her pseudoscientific madness.

Another Skeptic Zone fan here, too.

[rachiesyd]

Cheers, tehinfidel. You can help out by posting links or blogging this. Now that it has gone viral LBC can not stop it perpetuating.

[robives]

This is the most astounding drivel I've heard in a long time. Jeni Barnett - you're an idiot.

Thanks for posting Rachie - I love the Skeptic zone

[rachiesyd]

All, please blog this or post links anywhere. We are currently up to just over 6000 hits on Google when you search for "Goldacre Barnett". I would love it to be more. There is also a facebook page you can join called "defend Ben Goldacre from LBC". I can't post the url, search for it on Facebook.

Cheers and thanks to all for posting.

[cupboardy]

What a dull witted, dangerous, moronic, ill-advised nincompoop.

If Wossy gets 3 months unpaid leave and Russell Brand was sacked for hurting someone's feelings, what do you think should be the punishment for contributing to death of the kids we as a society should be doing the upmost to protect?

[orbenn]

omg this is the dumbest dame I've heard in a long time.

[Luke1268]

I couldnt stand this feminist hypocrite. Shes an idiot.

[McTurbo1300]

I am Jeni Barnetts hoosbund and I am tellin' ye' that you's all wrong.

[McTurbo1300]

Bump..................

[TelevisionPotato]

Is this the reason why Jeni Barnett was dropped from LBC? If not, does anybody know why she was dropped?

[icilianfenner]

@SecretSylph

Correlation =/= Causation.

Its very easy to throw up a false positive (i.e.wrongly conclude your hypothesis is correct) if you assume that because something happens with something else, it happens because of something else.

We have much more rigourous techniques than that to establish causation.

[icilianfenner]

4:24 - "Most people aren't that 1 in 15."

Seems rather like stating the obvious.

[twisteddsister]

Chronic infection from live vaccines has been documented long before Wakefield et al postulated this possibility in relation to the MMR vaccine and it's link to autistic regression in a subset of children. It's hardly a revolutionary proposition. The church of vaccinology, like most organised religions, has been subsidised for far too long by the taxpayer. These vaccines are causing long term disability and chronic illness in a growing percentage of the population.

[nedbh]

SecretSylph, you seem to think the data in studies of the vaccine is taken by doctors every time the give a vaccine. It isn't, for precisely the reasons you're worried about - that would be far too open to abuse. The children involved in the studies will have been picked beforehand, both those who do and don't receive the vaccines . And the scientists conducting the study will collect the data themselves, they won't just use whatever some GP tells them.

[SecretSylph]

Unless all doctors record bad side effects of the 3 in 1 MMR jab the results are going to be bias. Doctors will not admit the bad after effects are connected. My kid was rushed to hospital with suspected meningitis and his speech deteriorated after the jab - other mums I know say their kids have also had a noticeable mental change after the jab. I am not against vaccinations, I am against mixing a lethal cocktail of them and the 'doctoring' of the side effects.

[Teghead]

I don't get your point precisely. Your first sentence, I don't understand, can you please re-phrase it so I can respond?

Please don't be offended if your anecdotal evidence persuades me less than a study of half a million children. As a sample size decreases, so does the statistical significance of any results. Also your story may be altered by individual bias as it is passed between people. Memories tend to be innaccurate also.

Are you worried about MMR-autism, or something broader, btw?