Arf
He has touched on the subject.
The trouble is, the government and the drug companies can be fecking big liars and their own agendas/profits often take precedence over the truth.
I think the majority of us have read Ben Goldacre's blog and/or book, all thanks to the oxygen Ben Goldacre has been given on this site (yay!) along with all the scaremonger stories.
Others may only hear the drug companies and/or government screaming "The MMR jab doesn't cause autism" and just don't believe them. Who can blame them?
A case of the boy who cried wolf, methinks.
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Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Fri 13 Mar 2009, 19:19,
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Pretty much every business has done something dodgy
Pharma is no exception.
It's all coming out now though. Even though the drugs companies are pretty much clean now (as the consequences of getting caught are dire)... the sins of the past are now getting dug up.
Nevertheless, Pharma buying a Doctor and his wife expensive dinners, or overstating the effectiveness of antidepressants is one thing.
Ignorant presenters flaming the fires of a public health disaster is another. The latter won't get fined.
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drunkenoaf, Fri 13 Mar 2009, 22:45,
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