Or, not.
The General Medical Council ruled that Dr Andrew Wakefield, who claimed a link between the MMR jab and autism, also “failed in his duties as a responsible consultant”.
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His 1998 research, based on 12 children, was published in the Lancet and is said to have done more damage than anything published in a scientific journal in living memory.
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The charges against the trio run to 93 pages and include the allegation that Dr Wakefield failed to disclose to the Lancet that he had accepted £55,000 from the Legal Aid Board. The money was allegedly for research to support legal action by parents who believed their children were harmed by MMR.
Step 1: Create a false medical panic.
Step 2: Rent yourself out to people looking for someone to blame for their kid's autism.
Step 3: Profit!
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