Do not think about, write about or deal with human behavior without determining the effects of incentives.
G.M., known evermore as Government Motors, has lost $4.3B since “emerging” from bankruptcy. In terms only believable to government accounting, this is a positive thing.
Dr. Andrew Wakefield, a gadfly in relation to vaccination programs, has been “discredited” by actions so hysterical and concerted that one begins to smell a conspiracy. I’m no fan of conspiracies because it requires much more coordination than is within the capability of most. The campaign against Wakefield reminds me of the one against the Sobells who showed that problem drinkers could become moderate or controlled drinkers. I’ve already talked about the Sobells in this blog so I’ll confine my comments to Wakefield.
Today’s source is from an extended interview of Wakefield by Dr. Mercola on youtube. You’ll have to hover over the ten segments to find which is first, second, etc.. Wakefield makes a number of points. I’ll talk about two that struck me. The first is that interactions among vaccines are virtually unstudied either in combinations given at the same time and/or the “schedule” of vaccinations across several years. Most people are untaught about interactions, preferring a one-to-one causal chain. Dr. Paul Offit is such an advocate of vaccines that he says that 100,000 vaccine antigens could be give simultaneously without harm. The second is that Wakefield is an advocate of vaccinations, given singly and studied extensively.
Cheerio and ttfn,
Grant Coulson
Cui Bono–Cherchez les Contingencies
