Kudos to @kafkanarchy84 for adding the "EDIT" at the end with a link to the post by @irime.
Unfortunately, the post is too old for another EDIT pointing out that the paper by Shaw, Li, and Tomljenovic is due to be retracted.
The list of flaws and issues questioning the validity of this study found so far include:
- Injecting aluminum under the rodent’s skin, rather than into muscles, which is how vaccines are delivered
- Using dosing regimens that make incorrect assumptions about the development of mice and do not mimic vaccine schedules in children
- Studying genes based on outdated literature
- Using an outdated and inaccurate method to assess gene activity
- Using inappropriate statistical tests
- “Clear and deliberate” removal of control data
- Being funded by private foundations that question the safety of vaccines, which is noted in the study. (A report in 2015 noted that it had received nearly $900,000 in grants from the foundations).
Now the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry that published the paper is retracting it making this the second study on aluminum by the authors that will have been retracted.
Shaw, one of the authors confirmed the editing of images but claimed he didn't know how that happen. He also claimed that the original data for the study is missing, taken by another study author Li who has left the lab where it was done. She agreed to the retraction but denied any data had been changed or was "amiss". The original data is still AWOL.
Wow, just wow.
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