A comment on the KIDMUS study (2008). In spite of the seriousness of the methodological criticisms levelled against the KIDMUS study (esp. regarding its assessment of exposure), it took no more than 24 hours to Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine for rejecting this correspondence - without any justification... An…
Catégorie : Prévention-Dépistage
Vaccin contre l’hépatite B : qui croire?
Qui croire quand les "experts" s'opposent ? Comment s'y prendre lorsqu'on les entend tenir des discours incompatibles ? En l'espèce, une majorité (celle qui, comme par hasard, a validé les campagnes en faveur du vaccin contre l'hépatite B) soutient que "la polémique serait close". Mais qu'en est-il vraiment - attendu…
Actions civiles sur les vaccinations : revenir au droit ?
A chacun son métier... En situation de controverse technico-scientifique (quelles qu'en soient les causes), il n'est demandé aux juges ni de suivre aveuglément leurs "experts", ni de se substituer à eux : on attend des magistrats qu'ils fassent du droit - tout simplement... Document joint Vaccination contre l'hépatite B: revenir…
Vacciner les bébés : l’étude KIDMUS (2008) clôt-elle le débat ?
Sur la base de trois études épidémiologiques publiées... près de 15 ans après le lancement de la campagne vaccinale dans les écoles (en sept. 1994), il faudrait croire que démonstration est désormais faite de la parfaite innocuité du vaccin contre l'hépatite B chez les enfants. On s'en réjouit: car on…
Hepatitis B universal vaccination: learning from the French experience
Hepatitis B vaccine This update has been written for the numerous prescribers and health professionals who are logically disturbed by a growing discrepancy between the recommendation they are receiving of protecting public heath by hepatitis B vaccination and an accumulation of alarming data on the hazards of this prophylaxis.Focused on…
A comment on Hernan et al’s study (2004)
Hepatitis B vaccine This correspondence was rejected by the journal Neurology with the following comment: "This letter was reviewed. It is too difficult to understand. I do not think that it adds sufficiently to the thoughtful and balanced editorial and the original paper." As opposed to the claim of the…
Dangereux pour les bébés
Une version de cet entretien est parue dans le quotidien "Le Progrès" du 15/11/04 Document joint Dangereux_pour_les_bebes.pdf
Report criticizes French hepatitis B vaccination campaign
Hepatitis B vaccine http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/444869 ou http://www.vaccinetruth.org/france1.htm A report ordered by Judge MO Bertella-Geffroy, currently presiding over a negligence case brought by the familes of people - some of them have died - who developed neurological problems after hepatitis B vaccination. Report Criticizes French Hepatitis VaccinationCampaign PARIS (Reuters Health) Nov 20…
Evidence-based medicine and vaccine therapy
Vaccines This paper is currently in Press in the journal Vaccine. Access is not direct. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X04005225
Conflicts of interests
Hepatitis B This paper was rejected by The Lancet in Nov 2003, on the basis that a colleague of van Damme provided to the Journal "the details of 10 papers from peer-reviewed journals in which the association between HBV and MS is refuted". In September, following the French Ministry of…