Doctor That Linked MMR to Autism Discredited
Submitted by Russell Fine on Jan 29, 2010
Andrew Wakefield, the doctor who published a paper in 1998 that proposed a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, "showed callous disregard" for the suffering of children and "abused his position of trust" during the conduct of his research, according to
the results of a disciplinary panel released yesterday. The panel, delivered by the U.K. General Medical Council, rebuked the research and the doctor for his methodology and ethics.
You can read more at The Telegraph.
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This is a bit dated... though it is always worth repeating. Wakefield's work is a disgrace to researchers everywhere, bending his research to support his theories and the wishes of his benefactors (trial lawyers seeking to get money off of vaccine damage settlements).
Unfortunately his work has caused vast amounts of damage, leading to a decrease in the MMR vaccine... which has led to a corresponding jump in illness from these preventable diseases.
We've known the research was quetsionable for some time, but the inquiry itself just completed.