Finally, after 13 years of needless controversy, the British Medical Journal determined that Andrew Wakefield's vaccine-autism link constituted an "elaborate fraud." Full Story »
Posted by Barry Grossheim
Informative sobering article discussing affects of fraudulent research. In this case the influential vaccination research which touched the lives of millions of parents–and particularly children. The first, of course, are squandered monies spent to obtain what was hoped to be valuable, objective, accurate results. Then more monies for additional research to either corroborate the accuracy of the original research or disprove its findings. Activities which could have been better spent on other projects. But the worst outcome of all are millions of children around the globe denied vaccinations as a consequence of this fraud. Children who needlessly contracted diseases, some even dying. And one more time, humans pay the ... More »
Question: in this age of scientific achievement and a surfeit of technology, why did it take 13 years?
A look at the fraudulent research the lead to the claims that the cause of autism is related to childhood vaccinations.
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