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Wakefield claimed MMR caused autism, while he was trying to develop his own vaccine for measles. He falsified data, misreported funding sources, and mistreated children he used in his research. Scientific Papers https://www.nature.com/articles/nm0310-248b https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c5347 https://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c696 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831678/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/ Journalism https://briandeer.com/mmr/lancet-summary.htm https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lancet-mmr-idUSTRE61132920100202 https://www.vox.com/2018/2/27/17057990/andrew-wakefield-vaccines-autism-study Books https://goodreads.com/book/show/52527565-the-doctor-who-fooled-the-world https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-020-02989-9/d41586-020-02989-9.pdf https://goodreads.com/en/book/show/3360358-autism-s-false-prophets Video https://youtu.be/8BIcAZxFfrc?t=2152 (timestamp 35:52)
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