Feb
12
So…here is your daily link to Jeni Barnett’s show on LBC Radio (UK) about the MMR vaccine.
Jeni Barnett’s show on LBC, part 3 of 5.
This morning, the special vaccine court set up by the US Congress as part of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was scheduled to rule on whether or not the MMR vaccine was responsible for 3 childhood autism cases. They ruled that there was no link to be found, and that the victims are not due any federal compensation.
The decision by three independent special masters is especially telling because the special court’s rules did not require plaintiffs to prove their cases with scientific certainty — all the parents needed to show was that a preponderance of the evidence, or “50 percent and a hair,” supported their claims. The vaccine court effectively said today that the thousands of pending claims represented by the three test cases are on extremely shaky ground.
The rulings are expected to be appealed. Thanks to Dr. Ben Goldacre for the Washington Post story.
