Thank you for the correct information on Andrew Wakefield. Most of the time we're merely told he's a British doctor who published a study falsely linking the MMR vaccine to autism.
According to this article, that's simply not true. Rarely are we told that he was a British gastroenterologist who wrote a paper, not a study, about a novel form of bowel disease he observed in 12 children who had developed this condition along with autism after receiving the MMR vaccine. It was their parents who came to him for help. It was the parents who said these children became sick after the MMR. To hear their story, see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id_AxZ3zHAc.
Those criticizing Wakefield never mention that the British government indemnified the manufacturer of the MMR. The government will be liable for the damages if it's recognized that this vaccine triggers autism. Lots of people have everything at stake in this issue.
To listen to Wakefield's side in this debate, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pizs-RcrZJU .
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Thank you for the correct information on Andrew Wakefield. Most of the time we're merely told he's a British doctor who published a study falsely linking the MMR vaccine to autism.
According to this article, that's simply not true. Rarely are we told that he was a British gastroenterologist who wrote a paper, not a study, about a novel form of bowel disease he observed in 12 children who had developed this condition along with autism after receiving the MMR vaccine. It was their parents who came to him for help. It was the parents who said these children became sick after the MMR. To hear their story, see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id_AxZ3zHAc.
Those criticizing Wakefield never mention that the British government indemnified the manufacturer of the MMR. The government will be liable for the damages if it's recognized that this vaccine triggers autism. Lots of people have everything at stake in this issue.
To listen to Wakefield's side in this debate, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pizs-RcrZJU .
Anne Dachel, Media editor: Age of Autism
September 11, 2011 - 11:52amThis Comment
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