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The paper, authored by now discredited and deregistered Andrew Wakefield, and twelve coauthors, falsely claimed causative links between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and colitis and between colitis and autism.
- MMR vaccine and autism
The fraudulent research paper, authored by discredited...
- Andrew Wakefield
He was struck off the medical register for his involvement...
- MMR vaccine and autism
Jan 6, 2011 · “It is intensely sceptical about the possibility of error, but totally trusting about the possibility of fraud.” 1 Never has this been truer than of the 1998 Lancet paper that implied a link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and a “new syndrome” of autism and bowel disease. ⇓
- Fiona Godlee, Jane Smith, Harvey Marcovitch
- 2011
Had this been the case it should have been seen in both of their vaccine groups—those receiving MMR and those receiving any measles-containing vaccine. The excess risk was seen only in the MMR group; this is a fundamental flaw.
- Andrew J Wakefield
- 1999
Mar 3, 2010 · Twelve years after publishing a landmark study that turned tens of thousands of parents around the world against the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine because of an implied link between vaccinations and autism, The Lancet has retracted the paper.
Feb 2, 2010 · The Lancet has retracted the 12 year old paper that sparked an international crisis of confidence in the safety of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine when its lead author suggested a link between the vaccine and autism. Andrew Wakefield was found guilty by the General Medical Council last week of dishonesty and flouting ethics protocols.
