I clicked on a 'study" Ellie posted on her website, and it was funded by the Dwoskin Family Foundation and the Selz Foundation. These are prominent anti-vaxxer funding organisations to the tune of millions. She says that one should always check the funding of studies, but ignores it when it is funded by organizations with an agenda. She hasn't got a leg to stand on.
I look forward to the day she appears in court. Her Magna Carta BS up against a smart solicitor. She wouldn't last 5 minutes under cross examination!
The above study was published in the journal translational neurodegeneration. This is a predatory journal, meaning they will publish for a fee. This is in contrast to a proper journal, who gets income from subscriptions. A university or research department wouldn't subscribe to a journal unless it is of good quality. On the other hand, predatory journals publish pretty much anything if you pay them. They are commonly used by anti-vax pseudoscientists in order to appear scientific. A proper journal wouldn't publish their research because it is full of flaws.
A respected journal has yet to publish any paper linking autism to vaccines. But many papers, including systematic reviews (a study of studies) which have included millions of kids, have not found a link between vaccines and autism.
I recall Ellie saying she would never change her mind regarding vaccines. This is what pseudo-science is, the inability to change one's mind when confronted with evidence. You don't get any more sheepish than the inability to change one's mind. And just who checks her 'research'. She doesn't know the meaning of the word.
I look forward to the day she appears in court. Her Magna Carta BS up against a smart solicitor. She wouldn't last 5 minutes under cross examination!
The above study was published in the journal translational neurodegeneration. This is a predatory journal, meaning they will publish for a fee. This is in contrast to a proper journal, who gets income from subscriptions. A university or research department wouldn't subscribe to a journal unless it is of good quality. On the other hand, predatory journals publish pretty much anything if you pay them. They are commonly used by anti-vax pseudoscientists in order to appear scientific. A proper journal wouldn't publish their research because it is full of flaws.
A respected journal has yet to publish any paper linking autism to vaccines. But many papers, including systematic reviews (a study of studies) which have included millions of kids, have not found a link between vaccines and autism.
I recall Ellie saying she would never change her mind regarding vaccines. This is what pseudo-science is, the inability to change one's mind when confronted with evidence. You don't get any more sheepish than the inability to change one's mind. And just who checks her 'research'. She doesn't know the meaning of the word.
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