Questions tagged [andrew-wakefield]
British physician and researcher most notable for his claim of a link existing between the MMR vaccine and Autism Spectrum Disorder, and his paper on the topic published in the Lancet which was subsequently retracted.
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Are there any other studies (besides the discredited Wakefield studies) that have found a link between vaccination and autism?
Wakefield's study from 1998 is now refuted as fraudulent, however there must have been subsequent research by others looking for a link between vaccines and autism. Did any of this research find a ...
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Do "new documents" change anything about the Wakefield/MMR vaccine paper/retraction/fraud situation?
I was recently sent an article and am trying to evaluate some of the claims. [1] The claim of interest here is this one:
In light of new evidence that has emerged clearing Dr Wakefield of the ...
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