Wakefield ‘study’ ruled “an elaborate fraud”

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A 1998 study that unleashed a major health scare by linking childhood autism to a triple vaccine was "an elaborate fraud," the British Medical Journal (BMJ) said.

“The BMJ says Sunday Times investigative journalist Brian Deer has "unearthed clear evidence of falsification".”

Edit: The BMJ article, and A BMJ editorial on the matter

(xposted from my journal)