Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-14 20:04:41 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 29D12A0260386DBD84091DC71B5F573A0DA7D6856820DC8CACEED0E739F14D5E
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Wakefield's research, one of the foundations of the anti-vax movement, was found after a long and public investigation to be fraudulent. Wakefield, who had undisclosed financial conflicts of interest, manipulated and misreported data to reach a false conclusion. https://www.physoc.org/magazine-articles/opinion-the-doctor-who-fooled-the-world-andrew-wakefields-war-on-vaccines-by-brian-deer/ https://briandeer.com/mmr/lancet-summary.htm https://www.vox.com/2018/2/27/17057990/andrew-wakefield-vaccines-autism-study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/ https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c5347
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