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There is NO link between Vaccinations and Autism

February 10th, 2009

Doctor who Published False Study Data Exposed as a Fraud:
Please read this Times of London investigative report on the falsification of data by Dr. Andrew Wakefield.

MMR doctor Andrew Wakefield fixed Data on Autism

Wakefield’s fraudulent article in The Lancet in 1998 gave rise to a significant decline in vaccination. (From 92% in the mid-90’s to 80% today), and to steadily rising cases of measles, including several measles deaths.  Measles cases in Great Britain increased 24-fold in that same time period.

Wakefield claimed a connection between MMR vaccine and autism, based on a study of only 12 patients, and The Times recently discovered from hospital records that for the majority of the patients, their symptoms predated the vaccinations. Wakefield falsely reported in the study that the symptoms occurred after the vaccinations.

It boggles my mind that someone would falsify this kind of information. This mis-information, once published, is extremely hard to eradicate from the public consciousness. My heart goes out to every parent struggling with an autistic child, but the public health implications here are staggering. Most of us are too young to remember the rampant epidemics of every period of human life up to the late 20th century. This kind of irresponsible rumor-starting could lead to our next rampant epidemic. Indeed, in third world countries, children die of measles all the time. Measles can kill,  blind and deafen.

Vaccinate your children! It is a serious public health issue!

– Megan

Tags: autism, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, measles, MMR, public health, Times of London
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