Ãbalso functions in many ways is a guru and even something like andrew wakefield who was of the beliefe combination of me both, mumps, rubella vaccines created autism. 17 studies that have shown your know it no greater risk, still he has his followers. if you watch him go from venue to venue and there was a movie called the pathological optimist that actually launched last year briefly. it didn't get much of a run but if you watch that movie you will see that people treat him as a god in many ways. they sort of gather around him and just want to touch the hem of his coat. stick to the new testament analogies. so now given that, who should really be the persons or person who communicates science to the public? i think the answer to that question is, the people who know the most about it. which are the scientists who work in the field. unfortunately i think there are many things that work against them. for example, the scientific method, something that's all scientists are trained in. i will give you an example of how this works. if you are trying to determine whether or not the measles