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| Fraud Behind the MMR Scare |
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| BMJ Calls Wakefield's Study Linking MMR Vaccine to Autism 'Fraudulent' |
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In a special series of articles published
in 2011 by BMJ, Brian Deer exposes the data behind claims that launched a worldwide scare over the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, and reveals how the appearance of a link with autism was manufactured at a London medical school. In an accompanying editorial, Fiona Godlee and colleagues say that Andrew Wakefield's article linking MMR vaccine and autism was based not on bad science but on a deliberate fraud. In addition, Brian Deer analyses the similarities between the MMR scare and the case of "Piltdown Man” in this blog post. |
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| BMJ Series of Articles |
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| Secrets of the MMR Scare:
How the vaccine crisis was
meant to make money |
| Published January 11, 2011 |
| By Brian Deer |
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| 'MMR doctor' planned scheme to make millions from his health scare
Andrew Wakefield, the disgraced doctor who claimed a link between MMR and autism, planned secret businesses intended to make huge sums of money, in Britain and America, from his now-discredited allegations.
The Wakefield scheme is exposed today in the second part of a BMJ series of special reports, "Secrets of the MMR scare," by investigative journalist Brian Deer. Last week we revealed the scientific fraud behind the appearance of a link between the vaccine and autism. Now Deer follows the money. |
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| Secrets of the MMR Scare:
The Lancet's 2 days to
bury bad news |
| Published January 18, 2011 |
| By Brian Deer |
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| A series of denials and a
failure to formally
investigate allegations of
misconduct in Andrew
Wakefield's MMR research
meant the public was
misled about the
credibility of the paper
for six years. In the
third and final part of a
special BMJ series,
"Secrets of the MMR
scare", investigative
journalist Brian Deer
reveals how the medical
establishment closed ranks
to protect Wakefield after
he raised concerns with
the Lancet in 2004. Deer
thought the editor,
Richard Horton, would say
that an investigation was
needed. Instead he reports
that "within 48 hours, and
working with the paper's
three senior authors, the
journal was to publish
5000 words of denials, in
statements, unretracted to
this day." |
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| Accompanying BMJ Editorials |
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| FEATURED RESOURCE |
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The Doctor Who Fooled the World |
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| The author's definitive account of Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent attempt to link the onset of autism in children with the MMR vaccine |
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