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The Facts In The Case Of Dr. Andrew Wakefield
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A fifteen page story about the MMR vaccination controversy. As ever, I'm sure a few spelling errors have slipped past me. Feel free to point any out so I can correct them.

The reference links for the strip are in the next blog entry.

Now! Let's have a heated debate!

2013 update. Since I wrote this blog entry, this cartoon strip as well as many others on such subjects as homeopathy, chiropratic, evolution, and the supposed NASA Moon hoax landings, have been published in a book: Science Tales in the UK (Myriad Edtions) and How To Fake A Moon Landing in the US and Canada (Abrams). Here's the link to my main blog.

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I am Darryl Cunningham and this is my main blog.

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It wouldn't be an erroneous correlation, but an erroneous causation. It would be a real and correct correlation. This is a mistake that many people make. They believe that correlation and causation are the same thing.

There is a latin saying "Post hoc ergo propter hoc". "After it, therefore, because of it". This is rarely ever true and many people don't seem to understand that a correlation (event x came before event y) doesn't imply a causation (event x CAUSED event y).

No, it would still be an erroneous correlation because the data was cherry-picked. You can't start with 12 people who have autism and then say 'look they all got MMR that must be it.' Millions of people get the MMR vaccine every year and the vast majority don't get autism. The correlation between the two is non-existant.

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