So as evidence for the veracity of Wakefield's spurious claims, which stem from a poorly designed study funded by virulently anti-vaccine activist lawyers, you cite a letter written by a virulently anti-vaccine activist lawyer referencing another poorly designed study funded by virulently anti-vaccine activist lawyers? C'mon, man, you can do better than that. (Actually, you can't -- but that's the whole point, right?)
I should have figured you for an alt-med anti-vaccine guy 😊
Originally Posted by: isocleas2
He's an acupuncturist. It goes with the territory.
Gotta be careful with alternative medicines.
Originally Posted by: isocleas2
There's no such thing as "alternative medicine." There's medicine that works and there's unproven wannabe medicine that doesn't work. Alternative medicine that works quickly becomes known as . . . medicine.
As for the topic of the thread, I've said many times that I'm skeptical of the notion that there's a statistically significant increase in incidence of injury on special teams versus regular play. Given the way the human brain works, the very fact that injuries occurring during kickoff tend to stick out in our memories is probably pretty good evidence of just how rare they actually are. I've been wanting to do a solid statistical study of this topic for several years, but alas, I just don't have the time right now. Maybe I can get a grant to spend a few months looking into this during my fourth year of med school, when my schedule isn't quite so crammed. All the information is readily available. The play-by-plays published on the NFL's own websites show exactly on what plays injuries occur and to whom.