Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-06-18 03:48:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 160F50C683B8EE1A5588C588B8949DD8C5CCB8EA2BCBB46F05E3D60E468476B6
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Original Note:
Andrew Wakefield published a paper falsely claiming a link between MMR-vaccines and autism, while working on a vaccine himself. The paper was retracted by The Lancet in 2010 due to ethical concerns: https://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c696#:~:text=The%20Lancet%20has%20retracted%20the%2012%20year%20old,suggested%20a%20link%20between%20the%20vaccine%20and%20autism. Vaccines do not cause autism: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M18-2101
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