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In order to investigate more about Wakefield’s study, Brian Deer, a journalist of British Medical Journal, carefully talked to the parents of all children who were participated in the study. Interestingly enough, he revealed the fraud behind Wakefield’s research. The Lancet, the journal that reported Wakefield’s study, retracted the paper soon afterwards (Deer). However, the real trouble still exists. Though it has been proved by many researchers that the MRR doesn’t cause autism, many people perceive the vaccine as a threat. Dr.Nemeroff once said “it is quite difficult to get the cognitive sewage out of the water even after the real sewage is gone” (Greene).

Doctor Andrew Wakefield’s study, published the 28th of February, 1998 in the scientific magazine The Lancet, is constantly cited as being the catalyst for the ongoing debate on whether or not vaccinations have any connections to autism. In the case of Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s study on the connections between autism and the M.M.R. (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine, proper scientific experimental procedures were not seen to, such as his not including a control group. That is to say, in an act transgressing scientific integrity, he documented the cases

Offit, Paul A. Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure. New York: Columbia UP, 2008.

For the longest time, vaccines have been thought of has as medical breakthroughs of epic proportions. They have, in part, led to a dramatic increase in human life expectancy and have successfully rid the human race of horrible diseases such as smallpox and polio. However, recently there has been controversy regarding alleged side effects of receiving vaccinations, with autism being at the forefront of discussion. A study published by Wakefield in 1998 is what sparked the debate; in the study, Wakefield claimed that the onset of autism was directly correlated with a child’s measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination (MMR). Since the study was published, a rather large group of anti-vaccine activists have remained vocal and encouraged others to cease vaccinated their children. Celebrities and media personalities such as Jenny McCarthy have been very outspoken against vaccinations, causing panic among parents regarding the vaccination of their children. By carefully examining the evidence brought forth supporting both the pro- and anti-vaccine arguments, one can reasonably conclude that the benefits of vaccinations outweigh the potential negative effects.

In 1998 Dr. Andrew Wakefield published a study in the Lancet showing a connection between vaccines and autism. Daley and Glanz explain that this appears to be the beginning of the doubts surrounding vaccinations. Here Daley and Glanz do not pull any punches. Daley and Glanz use crippling words to destroy Dr. Wakefield’s corrupt study. Each sentence in this paragraph digs Wakefield’s study a deeper and deeper hole. By doing this, Daley and Glanz paint an image that the whole anti-vaccine movement is constructed on a non-existent

In 1998, a former PHD holder by the name of Andrew Wakefield wrote an article made completely on false pretenses. He claimed that vaccines caused autism. The article was withdrawn in February of 2010, along with his medical license in May (Chan). Most of the world shuns him for making this outrageous claim. Despite the retraction, six percent of Americans still believe the article (Almendrala). Regardless of the article being false, wanting a child to go through a torturous disease instead of them having a disability is

Have you ever thought about how much a single lie could affect humanity for decades? That is exactly what was started in 1998 by Dr. Andrew Wakefield. He and a panel of a dozen other scientists conducted a study to test for a connection between the Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) vaccine and a predisposition to behavioral regression and pervasive developmental disorders, including autism. Published on the 28th of February 1998 in The Lancet (Lancet1), their study showed there was a direct correlation between administration of the MMR vaccine and onset of symptoms of autism or regression of previously learned skills (NCBI).

In the 1990s, an article was released in The Lancet by Andrew Wakefield. He composed a study of the effects of the Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccines on children. The study suggested that the MMR vaccine can be linked to causing autism or personality disorders. The published study sparked controversy, and stopped families from taking their children to get vaccinated out of fear. Scientists and doctors quickly disproved Wakefield’s findings, claiming his work was inaccurate and fraudulent (Mnookin, 2011). However, parents continue to distrust vaccines and spread the inaccurate information about autism around to other parents who are unsure what to think about vaccines.

The actual accusation of the autism threat goes back to 1998, when a British physician by the name of Andrew Wakefield wrote an article for a medical journal called The Lancet. In his article, he detailed studies of the three series M.M.R vaccine and how being administered produced autism in children. This article caused mass hysteria and widespread panic amongst parents not only in Great Britian but here in the United States as well. This autism theory was debunked as later investigations into Wakefield’s research found his claims to be dishonest and fraudulent. “The archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, which reviewed a dozen epidemiological studies, concluded that there was no evidence of an association between autism and M.M.R, and studies in peer-reviewed journals since have come to the same conclusion.”(Dominus 2011) It was also revealed by investigators that funding for Wakefield’s studies came from lawyers looking to build a case against vaccine manufacturers. In 2010, The General Medical Council stripped Wakefield of his medical license and the journal, The Lancet retracted his original article.(Dominus 2011) Although Wakefield’s theories were disproved and he received punishment for his dishonesty, the footprint of his claims still linger today as people look for a reason for the rise in autism cases. An offered explanation for this spike in autism could be that the symptoms of this developmental disorder have broadened

According to NBC News, 1 in 4 parents believe that vaccines can cause autism in healthy children. The CDC has refuted this claim time and time again, but despite this, parents still believe that inoculation is the culprit for America’s increasing autism rate. While many blogs and books have been written regarding the correlation between the two, the hoax really took off in 1998, when former medical researcher Andrew Wakefield published a fraudulent article about the results from his unethical experiment, where he examined 12 children who had exhibited signs of autism and bowel issues after receiving MMR vaccines. The problem with his tests, however, was that he meddled with the numbers, in order to have them better fit his theory. In reality, only eight out of the twelve kids developed autistic symptoms, and even so, in seven of those cases, the medical records and general practitioner records proved that the autistic symptoms were never present, and that Wakefield had fabricated most of his Lancet reports. The repercussions of this faulty journalism have been destructive, to say the

the question posed by gastroenterologist and medical researcher Andrew Wakefield and is now used as a counter-argument by those who oppose vaccination. Autism is, “A developmental brain disorder known to impair social interactions and communication,” [28]. Andrew Wakefield originally proposed a link between the measles vaccine and autism in a study he conducted and published in 1997 in the Lancet, and as a result many were led to believe the so. Actress Jenny McCarthy believed strongly that vaccines were responsible for her son's autism, “the soul left his eyes” [11]. and many have pointed out that after the wide spread of vaccines the number of autism diagnoses has

In this article the authors examine the claims made by a team of researchers led by Andrew Wakefield, linking the MMR vaccine with autism and other developmental disorders. The authors uncovered that some of the research conducted by the team was fraudulent. The authors critique the fact that the study was serious, with no clear control or adherence to the scientific method. However, its findings it starting the vaccination scare. The authors cite the tenacity of journalist Brian Deer for his help in uncovering the falsification. This article is helpful in understand the roots of the anti-vaccination movement as it will give me reference to present my argument.

In the immunization study, we see how the misleading information could impact the lives of people. In 1998, Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues by publishing a paper suggesting that the autism may be related to the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine have led some parents to stop giving their children the MMR vaccination.

ASD is a general term for a group of complex disorders of brain development. ASD includes Asperger’s syndrome and pervasive developmental disorder. The pervasive disorder is known as atypical autism. ASD includes wide ranges of symptoms, skills and also levels of the disability. ASD can not be cured there is an unknown reason why people get diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This Disorder is chronic and will last the lifetime of the diagnosed patient. “One in sixty-eight children has been identified with some form of Autism Spectrum Disorder.” ASD behaviors should be first noticed in infants and toddlers. There are two main behaviors with this disorder. The first category behavior is restricted and repetitive behaviors. An example of this is repeating. ASD children are very auditory learners, so what they hear they are going to repeat. The next example of restricted and repetitive behaviors is unusual behaviors and being overly focused. By this they like to be very hands on by moving objects and using their sensory skills. Intense interest in numbers, details or facts also goes under restricted and repetitive behaviors. “CDC reports that 46% of ASD children have above average intelligence.” They excel in Math, Science, Music and Art. The other type of behavior ASD have are the social communication and interaction behaviors. One of the symptoms of this is getting upset by slight change in routine. Example of this behavior is a person with this could like wearing the

Over the years, the advances in science have increased the health and safety of the world’s population. Through the introduction of vaccines, medicines, and other medical equipment, the scientific world has prevented the spread of diseases, the possibility of an epidemic, and another devastating pandemic in history like the black plague. Although vaccines provide a resistance to diseases, many people question the safety of them. There is a famous theory that vaccines cause autism due to the chemicals within the vaccines, even though scientific evidence denies any connection. One of the reasons that this theory still exists is due to the portrayal of information from the media. Based on the opinion of the media outlet, the depiction of the vaccine-autism link changes throughout society. The media is typically the main source of information for citizens, whether they watch a news channel, read a newspaper, check online newspapers, or listen to the radio, these news outlet supply our population with the basis of knowledge on all topics. Not many people in this audience will conduct their own research, this means that the original data and information is usually summarized and changed to fit the opinion of the media outlet. Some celebrities, like Jenny McCarthy and Charlie Sheen, picked up on the issue and helped spread the theory; as the media followed their stories, the idea of the connection continued to spread. The debate about whether vaccines cause autism illustrates the