I actually agree with your last post. I'm not a Wakefield fan myself. I measure all research by the same pole (so to speak) and find any conflict of interest to make the research junk science, on both sides of the fence. My response was in regard to your original post which made it out as if his conflict of interest and the war therein, was somehow worse then any other conflict of interest within the multibillion dollar industry of health . I see there being no difference between a researcher who is funded by or goes on to be a top dollar consultant for a pharma company within a month of conducting a study on vaccine safety, and Wakefield's conflict of being involved in multi-milion dollar law suits. I see no difference in a vaccine study that choses to measure toxic levels in a way that is illogical, deliberately misleading and rigged to give the results they want, and tampering with IBS/autism results. To me, the kettle and the pot are both black, and I'm desperately waiting to see a toaster, if you'll excuse the analogy.