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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

British Doc Loses License Over Disproved Autism-Vaccine Claims

A British doctor who was the first to say autism was caused by vaccinations has lost his license to practice medicine in Great Britain.

  • In 1998 Dr. Andrew Wakefield published an article in the prestigious British journal Lancet, in which he described his study that linked a vaccination for measles, mumps, and rubella to autism.
  • Ever since then, many parents in Great Britain have refused to have their children vaccinated
  • As a consequence, there are outbreaks of measles in that country every year.
  • Dr. Wakefield's original study had now been discredited.

Dr. Wakefield was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by Britain's General Medical Council.
 

Labels: vaccines, autism

Posted By: Jane St. Clair

Comments:

cosmo kramer on 6/30/2010
This is tremendous news. Too bad it won't be able to undo the damage that's already been done, though. You know that this pseudoscience will continue to be cited by parents who think they're doing the right thing by refusing to have their children vaccinated. Any chance we'll see Jenny McCarthy or Oprah or the others who have promoted this cause make a public apology?