suburb1 153 Report post Posted January 6, 2011 Report linking vaccine to autism 'an elaborate fraud' http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/autism/2011-01-06-autism06_ST_N.htm?csp=ylf An infamous 1998 study that ignited a worldwide scare over vaccines and autism? and led millions of parents to delay or decline potentitally lifesaving shots for their children ? was "an elaborate fraud," according to a scathing three-part investigation in the British medical journal BMJ. The study has long since been debunked and dismissed by the scientific community, which points to 14 independent studies that have failed to find any link between vaccines and autism. Now, the BMJ reports that Wakefield, who was paid more than $675,000 by a lawyer hoping to sue vaccine makers, was not just unethical ? he falsified data in the study, which suggested that children developed autism after getting a shot against measles, mumps and rubella. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
