I note he does not say what happened to his daughter.... On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yeah, prove a negative, bitches! > > What a fucktard. > > Judah > > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > And in response, an Australian businessman has offered a challenge to Dr. > > Caplan. > > > > > http://sanevax.org/father-of-injured-gardasil-girl-matches-caplan's-bio-unethical-bet/ > > > > Dear Dr. Caplan > > > > I would like to offer you $10,000 to you to prove that Gardasil did not > and > > does not cause the issues discussed by Ms. Bachman and others. Of course > > when I win, you might care to donate the monies to SANE Vax. However and > > unlike your gutless prove it by Thursday deadline I am happy to keep > this > > offer open for a while. > > > > On a personal note I find it revolting that a bioethicist would engage > in > > such a bet. Surely your responsibilities are to investigate, consider and > > approach this with an open mind. But I guess you have long since not been > a > > real bioethicist and now are really a vaxapologist! > > > > One more question: will the $10,000 be sourced from your pockets or from > the > > bioethics centre? As you know, but perhaps many others dont know, > funding > > for the center comes from a range of sources including the NIH > > http://www.bioethics.upenn.edu/funding.shtml, which as we say down-under > has > > skin in the game by being a co-patent holder for Gardasil and receives > > royalties from its sale. > > > > A wee bit of conflict of interest and perhaps a challenge for you and > your > > supposed ethics! Interesting that this was not disclosed by you! > > > > So Dr Caplan man up; disclose your conflicts and take up the challenge! > > > > Stephen Tunley Sydney Australia Father of Chescia Tunley yet another > young > > woman damaged by Gardasil > > > > The ball is in your court now, Dr. Caplan. > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> from: > >> > > > http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/09/22/140714382/silence-from-rep-bachmann-as-vaccine-challenge-expires?ft=1&f=1001 > >> > >> Silence From Rep. Bachmann As Vaccine Challenge Expires > >> The high noon deadline for bioethicist Arthur Caplan's $10,000 challenge > > to Rep. Michele Bachmann has come and gone without a peep from the > > Republican presidential hopeful. But damage from her statement linking > the > > HPV vaccine with mental retardation has already been done, Caplan says. > >> > >> As Shots reported last week, bioethicist Steven Miles first ponied up > > $1,000 to call Bachmann's bluff. Caplan, a professor at the University of > > Pennsylvania, then raised the ante with $10,000 out of his own pocket. He > > asked Bachmann to produce a real person who has suffered mental > retardation > > by the HPV vaccine. > >> > >> If she could do it, Caplan offered to donate the ten grand to Bachmann's > > charity of choice. If she failed, he suggested that Bachmann donate the > same > > amount to a charity of his choice. No one from the Bachmann camp ever > > contacted Caplan accepting the challenge, according to the bioethicist. > >> > >> "Time is up," he said in a press conference today. > >> > >> > >> Over the past week, Caplan, who studies vaccine ethics, chastised > Bachmann > > for her rumor- and fear-mongering of a vaccine that's used to prevent > > cervical cancer. Despite medical professionals refuting Bachmann's claim, > > Caplan wrote in a blog that he was still "worried that the stench of fear > > was going to linger around vaccines yet again." > >> > >> Miles concurred in an interview with NPR's Michele Norris. "What > happened > > here was yelling 'fire' in a crowded theater," Miles said. "The claim is > > very important because women will make important health decisions based > on > > the idea that mental retardation may be a side effect of this, which > there's > > no evidence, so far, that it is." > >> > >> Why have concerns about the vaccine grown so disproportionate to the > small > > safety hazards it actually presents? Because politicians occasionally use > > anecdotes and stories instead of facts, Caplan says. > >> > >> "Politicians shouldn't get away with hearsay," he said. "We need to hold > > candidates responsible for their sources." > >> > >> Caplan tells Shots that he's received a lot of e-mails supporting his > > challenge some people even offering money of their own and a few > trying > > to disprove him. But no one has succeeded yet. > >> > >> And as one of millions watching the Republican Primary debate tonight, > > he'll be listening hard for more talk of vaccines. > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343006 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
