Debunking Immunization Myths

Immunization: Protect your child, your family and your community

Myth #1 MMR vaccine is a cause of autism
Fact: No
• 1998: The Lancet published a study led by Dr. Andrew Wakefield, which appeared to link vaccine with autism
• Caused MMR immunization rates to drop in Britain measles outbreak
• The study itself has since been thoroughly discredited
• This is the only study that attempted to link the MMR vaccine and autism
• March 2004: 10 of original study’s 13 authors published a retraction of their interpretation in The Lancet
• January 2010: U.K.’s regulating General Medical Council, found Wakefield had acted “dishonestly and irresponsibly” in doing his research
• February 2010: Editors at The Lancet fully retracted Wakefield’s paper from the published record
• May 2010: Wakefield was struck off the medical registry in the U.K.
Many recent, large studies by major medical bodies have repeatedly shown no casual link.

Adapted from Your child’s Best Shot, A parent’s Guide to Vaccination 3rd Edition

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