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Page 3985 1 I asked him one question and one question 2 only, and I thought it was a simple question. 3 Here is the question. You are not a 4 certified epidemiologist, are you? 5 That would seem to be a question you could 6 answer with a yes or no. He didn't do that though. 7 What he said is there is really not a 8 process or certification, per se. 9 Okay. That was the end of my questioning of 10 Dr. Dement on his background and qualifications. 11 What we know now is that what Dr. Dement 12 said here is simply not true, and the way we know that 13 it is not true is from Dr. Wong's testimony. 14 After explaining to you that he was a fellow 15 in the American College of Epidemiology, which is the 16 highest level certification for epidemiologists, he 17 went on to say the following: 18 I asked him, I think the jury heard one of 19 the plaintiffs' witnesses, Dr. Dement, there is really 20 not a certification process for epidemiologists; is 21 that true?