1998 Lancet study, misinformation & adverse events—why people began mistrusting vaccines
Exploring the background of fraud, manipulated data and reactions that led to vaccine skepticism and its mainstreaming, in ThePrint #̦PureScience. Sandhya Ramesh explains.
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Sources and further reading:
— Open University timeline of events https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/the-mmr-vaccine-public-health-private-fears/content-section-1
— Condensed timeline https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/uploads/2013/04/MMR-timeline.pdf
— The BMJ, Brian Deer: How the case against the MMR vaccine was fixed https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c5347
— Brian Deer: breakdown of study and scientific data https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/suppl/2011/01/05/bmj.c5347.DC1/deeb200710.ww1_default.pdf
— Journal article: The MMR vaccine and autism: Sensation, refutation, retraction, and fraud https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3136032/
— BBC documentary: The origins of ‘one of the biggest frauds in the world’ https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09zhlch/the-origins-of-one-of-the-biggest-frauds-in-the-world-
— [2002] (One of several) Population based study of MMR vaccine and autism finds no links https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa021134
— [2004] Ten of thirteen authors reject interpreting linking autism and MMR vaccine https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC381161/
— [2010] Lancet retracts 12 year old article linking autism to MMR vaccines https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2831678/
— Merck MMR lawsuit and dismissal https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/court-of-appeals-upholds-dismissal-of-merck-mmr-vaccine-lawsuit/
— [2007] Wakefield drops libel case against Channel 4 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1767245/
— [2008] Wakefield admits fabricating events when he took children’s blood samples https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2323045/
— [2010] British Medical Council bars doctor who linked vaccines with autism https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/health/policy/25autism.html
— Wakefield’s retracted 1998 MMR autism paper https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)11096-0/fulltext
— Wakefield press conference footage https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/video/more-confusion-lunchtime-news-lawrence-mcginty-lib-news-footage/683077464
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