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Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

One of the themes that has grown in the past couple of years that Andrew Wakefield never said MMR causes autism. Rather, the story goes, he was a cautious researcher who merely reported what parents told him and called for more research to be done. Here is an example by Mr. Dan Olmsted of the [...]

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Financials for Andrew Wakefield’s Strategic Autism Initiative

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Non profit organizations in the United States have to file tax forms and those become part of the public record. After leaving Thoughtful House, Andrew Wakefield formed a non-profit called the “Strategic Autism Initiative” (SAI). That was in 2010. The tax forms (form 990) don’t become public right away, so the form for 2010 has [...]

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What letter, Mr. Olmsted? Why this one, of course.

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

When Brian Deer wrote one of his 2009 article for the Sunday Times: Focus: Hidden records show MMR truth, he introduced the article with a discussion of the father of Child 11, the only American child in the Lancet 12: ON a Monday morning in February 1997, a taxi left the Royal Free hospital, in [...]

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A few details from Brian Deer’s declaration

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Brian Deer’s declaration in the anti-SLAPP motion presents an interesting narrative of the history of the investigation into Andrew Wakefield’s MMR project. Of course much of it is not new for those who have followed the story, There’s the initial investigation for the Sunday Times. There’s the interaction with Richard Horton at The Lancet. There’s [...]

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