Is The CDC Going To Have A “Wikileaks” Moment Next Week?

[ZakCarter]

Sounds like they might have to do some damage control!

“Since 2014, Ben Swann has been investigating and reporting on the story of William Thompson, a CDC scientist who hired a whistleblower attorney and turned over to Congress thousands of pages of documents regarding a 2004 CDC study on autism and vaccines.

On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Swann will release a Truth in Media documentary which details a study of CDC cover-up and suppression of medical findings. In addition, Swann will release the Thompson documents at TruthinMedia.com to anyone who wishes to learn more about what’s inside them.”

http://truthinmedia.com/truth-in-media-to-release-documentary-cdc-documents/



(I've already got the popcorn ready over here!

[sharp_stick]

1. Oh FFS

these wackos just can't seem to get reality through their thick skulls.

I know science isn't always easy but damn.

[Wilms]

3. Uhm, er, the "wacko" is a scientist.

Go on. Read the article. It won't bite.

[jberryhill]

7. ...and has called himself "delusional"

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/did-a-high-ranking-whistleblower-really-reveal-that-the-cdc-covered-up-proof-that-vaccines-cause-autism-in-african-american-boys/

In the end, Dr. Thompson signed off on The Paper that was published in Pediatrics [Exhibit 1]. However, his name was withdrawn from the roster of those due to present to the IOM on February 9, 2004. In reporting a discussion that he had had with his whistleblower lawyer Thompson stated:

Ya know, I’m not proud of that and uh, it’s probably the lowest point in my career that I went along with that paper and I also paid a huge price for it because I became delusional.24

In his recorded call with Dr. Thompson of 5.8.14, Dr. Hooker pressed the Dr. Thompson on whether he raised his concerns about the omission of significant data with The Group in the days leading up to the IOM meeting.

Dr. Hooker: Did you raise that…did you raise that issue at the time?

Dr. Thompson: I will say I raised this issue…I will say I raised this issue, the uh…two days before I became delusional.

This reference is important: three days before the IOM presentation Thompson – faced with either presenting false data or taking responsibility for the vaccine-autism link in front of potentially hostile parents of autistic children25 – stopped sleeping, and became profoundly depressed and “delusional.” Crucially, he reports no prior history of mental disorder.

Dr. Thompson went on to confirm, to Dr. Hooker, that the DeStefano 2004 paper was the reason for these acute psychological problems.

Dr. Thompson: It is one of the reasons I became delusional because I was so paranoid about this being published.

[HuckleB]

11. +1,000,000 ... 000

[Wilms]

16. What does that have to do with the data?

[jberryhill]

17. Plenty

Did you actually read the article?

Did you read any of the others posted in this thread?

http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/great-cdc-coverup-suppressing-evidence-mmr-vaccines-autism/

http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/cdcwhistleblower.asp

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-cdc-whistleblower-saga-updates-backlash-and-i-hope-a-wrap-up/

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2015/12/01/ben-swann-returns-and-this-time-hes-got-the-cdc-whistleblower-documents/

[Wilms]

18. I see what you are saying.

Not that I saw him quantifying the alleged increase. Do you know if Thompson has since acknowledged the data as skewed?

[Blue_Tires]

2. To answer your question, no

[Wilms]

4. Would you have bothered to respond if the name "Wikileaks" wasn't in the OP?

Restless knee syndrome?

[Blue_Tires]

15. Either way, does it matter to you why I bothered to respond?

Sorry, I don't discuss my physical health to online strangers...

[alarimer]

5. Guy's not a whistleblower; he's crank.

No link between autism and vaccines and no conspiracy to cover it up. Only pro-disease, anti-vax nutjobs think so.

[GoneFishin]

6. If the guy has actual proof, as in hard evidence, I'd be interested.

[jberryhill]

8. Don't hold your breath...

It's a warmed-over rehash of claims already examined:

http://www.vaccinenation.org/2014/08/27/cdc-whistleblower-really-come-forward-cdcwhistleblower/

[GoneFishin]

9. I won't.

[randome]

10. When all the other fashionable conspiracy theories fall by the wayside...

...we can always count on a resurgence of good old reliable autism/vaccines.
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[HuckleB]

12. No.

http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/great-cdc-coverup-suppressing-evidence-mmr-vaccines-autism/

http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/cdcwhistleblower.asp

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-cdc-whistleblower-saga-updates-backlash-and-i-hope-a-wrap-up/

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2015/12/01/ben-swann-returns-and-this-time-hes-got-the-cdc-whistleblower-documents/



Please don't promote this type of conspiracy theory at DU.

[KamaAina]

13. Reality check

(the name of his old news segment in Cincinnati )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Swann#Reality_Check

One theme of Swann's Reality Check segment was covering the lack of media attention given to Ron Paul's candidacy and aired a piece alleging bias in the media's coverage of Ron Paul's presidential campaign and the Ron Paul newsletter controversy had already drawn national attention. Also writing for CBN News, he focused on Mexico's drug wars on the Texas border.

Ron Paul? CBN News? And as if that wasn't enough, his resume also includes a stint at RT.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

14. As the great SidDithers would say

[rhett o rick]

20. Yep and that is about as deep as it gets. nm

[Odin2005]

19. FUCK THIS ANTI-VAX BULLSHIT!