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2023-05-07 17:08:42 UTC - HELPFUL
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The MMR vaccine autism claim started by Wakefield et al. 1998 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673697110960/fulltext RETRACTED The findings could not be replicated by independent labs. Wakefield himself was disbarred from practicing medicine for fraud and ethics violations. https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c7452 https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c5347 https://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c696 https://www.nature.com/articles/nm0310-248b https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831678/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/ https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/autism.html journalism https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lancet-mmr-idUSTRE61132920100202 https://briandeer.com/solved/solved.htm https://www.vox.com/2018/2/27/17057990/andrew-wakefield-vaccines-autism-study https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/health/research/03lancet.html books https://goodreads.com/book/show/52527565-the-doctor-who-fooled-the-world https://goodreads.com/en/book/show/3360358-autism-s-false-prophets videos https://youtu.be/8BIcAZxFfrc https://youtu.be/7VG_s2PCH_c
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