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Well all they did is discard all the results that showed it didn't work in order to make billions in profit while causing life threatening side effects. No harm
by bugsy 16y ago
Well all they did is discard all the results that showed it didn't work in order to make billions in profit while causing life threatening side effects. No harm, no foul.
Not as bad as that guy Wakefield, who mentioned that one of the patients had an odd formed head, but didn't make enough of a deal about it.
- hartror 16y agoThis isn't being taken lightly as you seem to imply, the scientists responsible for this are a bit screwed career wise. Wakefield got more attention because of the massive damaging effect he and his ilk had on immunization rates.
- j_baker 16y agoAssuming the scientists were responsible. Perhaps it's possible some of the business types blocked some of the reports?
- joe_the_user 16y agoThe scientists were at least responsible for letting the reports be blocked.
- dkarl 16y agothe scientists responsible for this are a bit screwed career wise What, the companies they worked for are just going to hang them out to dry? Not likely, not if they want scientists to keep distorting results for them. The scientists responsible for this might not have the admiration of their peers, but they'll be securely employed.
- spiffworks 16y agoA bit of a nit, but once you distort a result, I think you lose the right to call yourself a scientist.
- dkarl 16y agoAnd yet they will look like scientists to us unless and until someone happens to shine a light on them. Something to keep in mind.
- hartror 16y agoYou still need to convince a number of government bodies and the wider medical community that your results are kosher. If you've been shown to put your name on papers that falsify results it is going to be very difficult for you to convince these groups of the quality of your work.