Vaccination & epidemic

[jinx]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

So: what's the motivation for a neurologist with a specialty in movement disorders to lie about this or make something up? He puts his reputation on the line for... the sake of a few minutes of local news air time?

Why wouldn't he? What makes this guy different from all the other doctors, scientists and researchers who's unscrupulous behaviour has been discussed or documented here? Money, sex, drugs, position.... they've all had their reasons.

Why would he publicly diagnose a person, not his patient, that he's only seen on videotape?

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by jinx

Why wouldn't he? What makes this guy different from all the other doctors, scientists and researchers who's unscrupulous behaviour has been discussed or documented here? Money, sex, drugs, position.... they've all had their reasons.

The ones documented here?

Why would he publicly diagnose a person, not his patient, that he's only seen on videotape?

As one of the area's leading physicians, he may feel that correcting dangerous misinformation to improve the public health is part of his job.

[jinx]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

The ones documented here?

Yes, there have been quite a few, from pharmaceutical to climate research. I hope you didn't miss them all.

As one of the area's leading physicians, he may feel that correcting dangerous misinformation to improve the public health is part of his job.

That misinformation being that Desiree specifically was injured by a vaccine, or that it is actually possible to be injured by a vaccine?

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by jinx

Yes, there have been quite a few, from pharmaceutical to climate research. I hope you didn't miss them all.

My response is already in #342 in this thread.

In the short run, yes, all those things you put into scare quotes are corruptible. Less corruptible than in almost every other institution, but yes.

In the long run, no. Truth will out. Redundant studies will find conflicting results, new theories will be advanced and tested.

The guy who discovered that stomach ulcers are caused by a virus was going heavily against medical consensus... and faced some battles at first... but the truth was evident. The guy who invented the MRI faced an uphill battle, as nobody believed he could be coming up with something useful. In the end, truth won.

Why doesn't the CDC operate in the way you'd prefer? Dunno. Your explanation seems to tend towards "The organization is involved in an unlawful, multi-decade conspiracy to maintain the status quo at all costs." I doubt this.

The explanation that you desire requires more and more extraordinary narratives over time. This makes me more skeptical.

That misinformation being that Desiree specifically was injured by a vaccine, or that it is actually possible to be injured by a vaccine?

That misinformation being that the flu vaccine is dangerous.