Scientist Chris Shaw and his colleague Lucija Tomljenovic recently published a carefully researched and thoroughly peer reviewed paper on the topic of vaccine safety. But despite the cautious and professional tone of the paper, which describes possible causal links between vaccine adjuvants and neurological problems, it has provoked angry and punitive responses.
Dr. Paul Offit, a strong proponent of vaccines (and the developer of a vaccine that made him a multi-millionaire), said that the paper "should never have been published." Green College is preparing to present a series of lectures on vaccine safety co-moderated by Chris Shaw, and one professor sent a letter to the organizers expressing dismay and disapproval that the discussion was going to be held at all.
According to the Vancouver Courier:
“These calls to silence critical discussion of a still open scientific question are troubling. Science progresses by investigation, debate and full discussion, not by fiat and censorship ... No area of research should be out of bounds for free minds, and received wisdom, whether positive or negative, about vaccine safety should never substitute for real research.“