Correct me if I’m being dim but my understanding of your answer is that you don’t believe in the efficacy of smallpox and polio vaccines. Can you elaborate please
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Eh? That's a bit of a leap. Some things prove their worth by virtue of their performance in the subsequent 'big trial' - public release. Other don't. Vioxx springs to mind.http://www.theweek.co.uk/us/46535/when-half-million-americans-died-and-nobody-noticed …
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Replying to @C7RKY @SarahJaneGlass2 and
Though even the seemingly most bulletproof examples I've noticed being questioned by some. "Which begs this question, what is the value of this polio-free certification when nearly 50,000 children fall prey to polio-like flaccid paralysis every year?" >https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/is-india-actually-free-of-polio/article7945687.ece …
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I think the answer to your point is in the article itselfpic.twitter.com/z9EC7ZNgXA
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Appreciated. The point's not really mine but the author's. It's not an area I've personally researched. I just draw attention to the fact that questions are being asked. I presume only the vaccine can cause VDPV, even if it is also held up as the solution? My overall point stands
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And is your overall point that you don’t believe that vaccination has made any improvement to public health?
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What? I think you're just being purposefully antagonistic now. Read back if you want to gain a better grasp of my overall point.
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I apologise if I’m coming across that way. I’m just curious to know your views on vaccinations
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My view is that medical science is an oxymoron when it comes to clinical trials and vaccines are as much exposed to being affected by that as any other drug.
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What ‘evidence’ would you use?
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All of it for starters. Registration of trials has been mandated, but enforcement of publication to go with it is clearly still lacking. But more needs to be done on top of that for me. Preventing outcome switching, more replication work etc. would also improve matters, imho.
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