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Wednesday 18 February 2015

Why Are Scientists So Obsessed With the Peer Review?

I recently got into an argument about the safety of the measles vaccine.

I’m quite fond of the person I was debating with so I tried to gently persuade them that the benefits of most vaccines outweigh the risks. I was also curious as to where they were getting their information from, particularly the so called studies that link autism to childhood vaccinations. I was happy that they were able to produce the reports but my heart sank when I realized the document she sent me was a work of pseudo-science.