I loathe scientists who falsify their studies to push an agenda. Activists who take discredited science to push an agenda also earn my scorn.
That vaccinations cause autism has been debunked years ago yet the myth persists much to the detriment of a child's well-being. Children can get really sick and even lose their lives as a result of such a decision.
Essentially, it's irrational to not vaccinate children based on bad science. Here at our daycare we have parents who refuse to vaccinate for other (but not anymore valid) reasons.
Journals who publish junk science should be more careful.
From the link provided at Answers at Autism:
"Four years after the study was first published, independent researchers
still could not replicate Wakefield's results in order to confirm his
hypothesis. Later, a detailed investigative report published in the
British Medical Journal revealed that the histories of the mere 12
children in Wakefield's study had been altered, and timelines falsified
to create the appearance of cause and effect. The study stated that all
the 12 children were normal before they received the MMR vaccine and
showed no signs of autism; however, the medical records revealed that 5
out of the 12 children had previously documented developmental
problems.In 2010, the Lancet, which originally published Wakefield's
study fully, retracted the 1998 publication. Dr. Wakefield was
subsequently barred from practicing medicine in Britain with citations
of dishonest falsification in his Lancet research."
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