Could we please not have ambiguity here. Is Valerie Iles saying that
people like me should be excluded from what has hitherto been an open
forum, or is she saying that people should counter our arguments more
impressively than they do? I fear that she means the former since all she
can manage is the usual ad hominem dismissal, rather than entering into
scientific debate. But as with Brian Deer I am grateful to her because she
demonstrates my point that institutional hostility to parents - or anyone
who presents evidence against vaccine safety - must inevitably skew the
evidence base. How can vaccine safety be assured if you treat the
patients, or their representives - or dissenting professionals - with this
degree of scorn.
And how can we be "open" and exclude people at the same time?
Rapid Response:
Re: Proving the point
Could we please not have ambiguity here. Is Valerie Iles saying that people like me should be excluded from what has hitherto been an open forum, or is she saying that people should counter our arguments more impressively than they do? I fear that she means the former since all she can manage is the usual ad hominem dismissal, rather than entering into scientific debate. But as with Brian Deer I am grateful to her because she demonstrates my point that institutional hostility to parents - or anyone who presents evidence against vaccine safety - must inevitably skew the evidence base. How can vaccine safety be assured if you treat the patients, or their representives - or dissenting professionals - with this degree of scorn.
And how can we be "open" and exclude people at the same time?
Competing interests: Parent of an autistic child
Competing interests: No competing interests