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Andrew Wakefield and Vaccinations
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Vaccines cause autism, or at least that’s what Andrew Wakefield led us to believe. The debate about vaccines has been going on for decades starting with an article published by Wakefield that was later discredited due to “dishonesty and failing to act in the best interests of a vulnerable child” (Boseley). He believed that the MMR vaccine was linked to autism. Since this allegation, scientists have published multiple studies that discredit Wakefield, showing that vaccinations and autism have little to no relation to one another. Still, there are some conspiracy theories about vaccines, including whether Big Pharma is producing vaccines solely for profit and the question of whether vaccines are safe or not.
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Conclusion
Vaccines will always be a hot topic in our society, especially in the medical community. Andrew Wakefield published an article that linked autism to the MMR vaccine, which made many people question vaccines and their safety, as well as the pharmaceutical companies that produce them. There’s no question that Wakefield’s article and the conspiracy theories surrounding him opened the eyes of people around the world to vaccines and pharmaceutical companies.
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Works Cited
Boseley, Sarah. "Andrew Wakefield struck off register by General Medical Council." The Guardian 24 (2010).
Brezis, Mayer. "Big pharma and health care: unsolvable conflict of interests between private enterprise and public health." Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences 45.2 (2008): 83.
“CNN Official Interview: Author of autism study, Andrew Wakefield questioned.” YouTube, uploaded by CNN, 5 January 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RMMQJ4Vn_s.
“Controversy Over Vaccine Research.” YouTube, uploaded by CBS, 7 October 2009, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTh97pANTxc.
Goldacre, Ben. Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks. 1st American ed, Faber and Faber, 2010.
Jolley, Daniel, and Karen M Douglas. “The effects of anti-vaccine conspiracy theories on vaccination intentions.” PloS one vol. 9,2 e89177. 20 Feb. 2014, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089177
“The Panel has determined that Dr Wakefield’s name should be erased from the medical register.” leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk, 24 May 2010, GMC, https://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2010/05/page/2/ . Accessed 17 June. 2022
Wakefield, Andrew J. Callous Disregard: Autism and Vaccines -- the Truth behind a Tragedy. Skyhorse Pub, 2010.
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