Editorial: Debunking an autism theory
September 9th, 2008The editors of the New York Times say new research has provided further evidence that an old study purporting to link vaccines with autism was a false alarm.
Further, they say, the old study has been cast into doubt by subsequent events. Ten of the paper’s co-authors have retracted the paper’s implication of an autism-vaccine link. Three more “are now defending themselves before a fitness-to-practice panel in London on charges related to their autism research.”
The big losers in this debate are the children who are not being vaccinated because of parental fears and are at risk of contracting serious — sometimes fatal — diseases.
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