"Dr. Andrew Wakefield should be in prison for fraud. Why isn't he?"
Probably for the same reason Saddam didn't get a real trial. In addition to having dozens of high-profile collaborators, including the heads of several medical schools, the kinds of practices he engaged in aren't even that unusual for medical studies. Even if Wakefield could be convicted of criminal wrongdoing, which may well be possible, there is no one in pharma or the medical world who benefits from a highly-publicized show trial.
What's actually more interesting that the Bill Gates thing is the fact that Salon.com just retracted their 2005 RFK, Jr. article because it was apparently finally debunked in Seth Mnookin's new book:
Probably for the same reason Saddam didn't get a real trial. In addition to having dozens of high-profile collaborators, including the heads of several medical schools, the kinds of practices he engaged in aren't even that unusual for medical studies. Even if Wakefield could be convicted of criminal wrongdoing, which may well be possible, there is no one in pharma or the medical world who benefits from a highly-publicized show trial.
What's actually more interesting that the Bill Gates thing is the fact that Salon.com just retracted their 2005 RFK, Jr. article because it was apparently finally debunked in Seth Mnookin's new book:
http://www.amazon.com/Panic-Virus-Story-Medicine-Science/dp/...