Dr. Sears and ex-Doctor Wakefield

May 29, 2010
Dr. Sears, Dr. Wakefield and TACA at Autism One
Here's Dr. Bob Sears, Dr. Andy Wakefield and TACA's Lisa Ackerman at the TACA booth at Autism One.

Dr. Sears and ex-Doctor Wakefield
At the end of January 2010, a fact finding panel of doctors and non-doctors determined, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Andrew Wakefield had failed in his responsibilities as a licensed UK doctor. He broke the rule of medical research, he was unethical in causing children in distress to undergo medical procedures that were not clinically indicated. He was dishonest, misleading and inaccurate when it came to his 1998 paper in The Lancet .A few days ago, the licensing body, the GMC,  decided that Wakefield should lose his status a a registered UK doctor.

Yet, on May 29th, 2010, a smiling Dr. Bob Sears, a very popular pediatrician who has written books on vaccines and autism  has his arms around Wakefield at a conference that links vaccines to autism. It is bad enough that Dr. Sears is at the conference.  What's mind-boggling is Dr. Sears being happy to be photographed with Wakefield. Even if Dr. Sears thought that Wakefield's research work had merit --- which it does not ---- how can it be right to support a doctor who acted so unethically as far as children in distress are concerned? This unseemly behavior by Dr. Sears calls further into question his judgement and thinking when it comes to vaccines and autism. And it should be brought up whenever his vaccination schedule is discussed. Here's the link to the picture.