Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-06-17 14:16:09 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D4ACC0B88522C40B60D8B7C2F7A30E0038FD6480C00BA28ED87F7D39FC0F8757
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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 The paper was retracted by The Lancet in 2010 due to ethical concerns: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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