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Famous British Autism Study an 'Elaborate Fraud'

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the someone-alert-jenny-mccarthy dept.

Charliemopps writes "An investigation published by the British medical journal BMJ concludes the study's author, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, misrepresented or altered the medical histories of all 12 of the patients whose cases formed the basis of the 1998 study — and that there was 'no doubt' Wakefield was responsible."

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  1. Re:There's a special place in hell for... by geekoid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You can blame Oprah for that. She is directly responsible for giving a platform to this nonsense.

    She is an accomplice. Because of her platform, children are dead.

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