Back in 1998 Dr Andrew Wakefield, a British research gastroenterologist, had a paper published in the Lancet journal that caused a furore.
The paper raised the possibility of a link between the gastrointestinal symptoms of a group of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children and their receipt of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine.
His paper also reported that for 8 of the 12 children, the parents reported their child’s regression into ASD appeared to be caused by the vaccine.
This study was not designed to prove causation in any way, it was a simple observational report, designed to alert the medical community there might be a problem to investigate. This type of paper is known as a “case series”; Wakefield’s study is labelled “Early Report” in the Lancet.
For daring to even suggest a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism, Wakefield lost his license to practise medicine in Britain, and has been attacked relentlessly by the mainstream press and ostracised by the mainstream medical community world-wide.
Today Wakefield is a film-maker and is loved by a large community of people who value both his work past and present, and his ongoing support.
What really happened?
If you’d like to know the full story of this paper, sometimes referred to as “that paper”, there’s a presentation you can check out. It is a recorded talk, in the form of slides with a narration.
The presentation is hosted by James Lyons-Weiler’s organisation IPAK-EDU, and is part of a course called Vaccine Course.
There is a new version of Vaccine Course coming up in 2025, but you can also access an older recorded version very cheaply. To find it, visit this page: Courses. Once on that page, click on the panel named Vaccine Course.
To watch the unit about Wakefield, go to ‘Unit 10 – The Wakefield Controversy’ and pay $2.99 USD for an individual lecture.
You will then receive an email that contains a link for direct access and a password. The link opens a new window with a few different courses displayed, click on ‘Vaccine Course’ and you are taken to the Unit 10 video. Now it should play for you. And you can make it full screen. You will probably need to use the password every time you access the video after this.
Here are some links to things mentioned in the video:
The paper: Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children
The charge sheet for the hearing, as mentioned on slide “The Charges”.
Letter from the parents (video); find in documentary on Bitchute Selective Hearing – Brian Deer and the GMC
The Justice Mitting decision (tip – you can do a browser search for 172-96 to find statements about it; the issue of whether the paper had protocol 172-96 is central to both Walker-Smith’s and Wakefield’s cases).
I’ll also mention I researched and wrote the content for this unit, so I am rather interested in it 🙂 . Please do get back to me if you have any problems getting it to work for you.
Cheers – Robin
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