The 15 year-old study claimed that 8 children developed “regressive autism” after getting a combination of vaccines to prevent mumps and rubella. The study was led by Andrew Wakefield, a British doctor who had his license revoked in May of 2011 as a result of “serious professional misconduct.” After reviewing the health records of the subjects involved in the study and interviewing their families and doctors, Deer found numerous inconsistencies, some of which were recounted in a 2011 piece by NPR: Only 1 of 9 kids said to have regressive autism clearly had it. Three had no form of autism. Contrary to the paper’s assertion that all the kids were normal before vaccination, five had some sort of preexisting developmental problems. According to the paper, Behavioral problems popped up days after vaccination didn’t actually appear for months in some kids, a fact that undercuts the causality of vaccination. It was well known that Wakefield’s conclusions were questionable from the beginning. But the Lancet study is now widely believed to be the source of what eventually sparked widespread anti-vaccination paranoia — now being blamed for the recurrence of diseases that were once brought under control by the proper vaccinations. An editorial accompanying the BMJ piece argued that “clear evidence of falsification of data should now close the door on this damaging vaccine scare” for good.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 05:17:21 +0000
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