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longship

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1. But it was Wakefield's flagrantly fraudulent research that was the lynchpin.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 07:07 AM

Apr 2013

And, in spite of Wakefield being struck off the rolls in the UK, it hasn't stopped him from continuing his damage here in the USA where he's found support from anti-vaccine lunatics like Jenny "I love Botox" McCarthy, her boyfriend Jim Carrey, and their ilk.

At least the Lancet finally did the right thing and withdrew Wakefield's paper. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done.

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But it was Wakefield's flagrantly fraudulent research that was the lynchpin. longship Apr 2013 #1