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 A dozen years ago, a British physician named Dr. Andrew Wakefield published a paper in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet that did immeasurable harm to children.Wakefield, who back in 1998 was working at London’s Royal Free Hospital, claimed in the article that the vaccination of 12 children with measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine had caused a reaction in their bowels that caused autism. At a press conference shortly after the paper came out, Wakefield urged parents not to give their children the combination vaccine. The British press went crazy over the report. The word and the fear quickly spread around the world. Since the controversial paper was published, British parents abandoned the vaccine in droves, leading to a resurgence of measles. Vaccination rates for measles have never recovered, and there are outbreaks of the disease in the U.K. every year. And across the globe, millions of parents who choose to follow their own doctors' advice and vaccinate their children have had to face the anxiety of an alleged link to a dread disease. All this despite the fact that no scientists were ever able to replicate Wakefield's findings. Yesterday, The Lancet, after years of investigations, lawsuits, press complaints and accusations, took the unprecedented step of withdrawing this 12-year-old article as misleading and false... Leave Comment:
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Really demonstrates the almost negligible impact an individual study should have until it has been properly replicated by other independent researchers. That and studies that fail to prove this type of result tend to get ignored in favour of a study that affirms it. 
i don't think the fear really took off until someone scientifically credible like jenny mccarthy came along to reinforce these findings. her qualifications of sucking hugh hefner's cock really gave some credence to the claims. luckily, she never stumbled on the possibility that maybe her kid is fucking retarded because she is fucking retarded. but i digress. the real question is, which article published by the lancet keeps all the brits away from the dentist? 
Jenny Mccarthy doesn't know what the hell she's talking about. I recall her saying on oprah something like "well my son was all smiles before he got his shot, and after he got his shots became distant" or something among those lines. I can't imagine how many morons decided not to get their babies vaccinated after she made that ridiculous comment. I believe I heard the same about the H1N1 shots as well, which is complete bullshit because there was no real study of such because its so new (or thats what my doctor told me because I wasnt sure if I wanted to take the shots while pregnant due to gossip but ended up getting them and my daughter is perfectly normal) Which is complete crap. You can't get autism because of a vaccination. I think its unbelievable how many people actually believe that crap. There isn't a known fact as to why people get autism. some speculate that it may be due to genetics which is possible I do believe, but I HIGHLY doubt it has anything to do with vaccinations. If that's the case, I'll let you know in 3 to 5 years. although Ella did get her shots on Tuesday, and she did become fussy for a couple of hours but after that she's been her normal self. laughing, smiling, farting, the works. hell she even took a shit in her swing today! I'm not even mad, as a matter of fact I'm impressed. She kept that in for a week, and damn that was a lot of shit. 
"hell she even took a shit in her swing today! I'm not even mad, as a matter of fact I'm impressed. She kept that in for a week, and damn that was a lot of shit. "
