DR. ANDREW WAKEFIELD MY GUEST
ON RADIO NEXT WEDNESDAY
7PM ET
www.ProgressiveRadioNetwork.com
JULY 22, 2011. This promises to be an explosive interview. Dr. Wakefield produced a firestorm 13 years ago, when he published findings on children who had developed very serious problems following MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccination.
The whole of England was captured by the story, and parents began to suspect the vaccine was connected to autism.
The establishment struck back.
Eventually, the medical journal that published Wakefield’s findings, Lancet, retracted his paper, Wakefield’s license to practice medicine was revoked, and he was widely accused of fraud.
Now, we have the suggestion that Wakefield’s findings were actually predated by similar discoveries made by two other doctors (they are also frauds?), as well as accusations that an element within Rupert Murdoch’s media empire went after Wakefield, in order to preserve the reputation of vaccines in England.
The Wakefield chapter in the history of vaccines is not yet done. It may, in fact, have many more pages.
Tune in Wednesday, July 27, at 7pm Eastern Time.
JON RAPPOPORT