Struck off MMR doctor handed award for 'lifetime achievement in quackery'

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Andrew Wakefield, the doctor struck off the medical register for his discredited research that claimed to find a link between autism and the MMR vaccine, can add another honour to his list this Christmas: the inaugural Golden Duck award for lifetime achievement in quackery, set up by the science writer Simon Singh.

Runners-up for the award were Prince Charles and David Tredinnick, the Tory MP for Bosworth and member of the Commons health select committee. The Good Thinking Society, a campaign group led by Singh, set up the annual Golden Duck award to recognise those "who have supported or practised pseudoscience in the most ludicrous, dangerous, irrational or irresponsible manner".

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A well-deserved award.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/dec/23/struck-off-mmr-doctor-quackery-award

[LeftishBrit]

1. Good award; bad man.

[Orrex]

2. I've heard about pushback on vaccination programs in sub-Saharan Africa

Anti-vaxers are complaining about thimerosal used as a preservative where other methods (such as refrigeration) aren't available. And they're selling their nonsense by suggesting that these "more dangerous" vaccines are a form of post-colonial oppression intended to damage or impair neurological development.

If this idiotic campaign were to succeed, we could be looking at literally millions of deaths for which the good Dr. Wakefield would be more or less directly responsible.

[Confusious]

3. They're trying to wipe out polio in India

The Muslims there have pretty much the same thought process.

The stupid around here is getting pretty thick too.