Andrew Wakefield
Conspiracy theories tagged "Andrew Wakefield."
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Anti-Vaccination Movement
The anti-vaccination movement from its 18th-century origins to the modern era. Examining claims about vaccine safety, the Wakefield fraud, and the evidence.
1796 · United Kingdom · Andrew Wakefield, Jenny McCarthy, Joseph Mercola
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Vaccine–Autism Link
The debunked claim that vaccines cause autism, originating from Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent 1998 study. The evidence, the fraud, and the fallout.
1998 · United Kingdom · Andrew Wakefield, Jenny McCarthy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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MMR Vaccine & The Wakefield Fraud
Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent 1998 Lancet study falsely linking the MMR vaccine to autism, its retraction, and the global anti-vaccination movement it spawned.
1998 · United Kingdom · Andrew Wakefield, Brian Deer, The Lancet