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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Fri May 3, 2013, 07:54 AM May 2013

MMR jab: Somali migrants have lingering fears on autism

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22382756

Health officials say vaccination rates against measles are worryingly low among Somali children in the US and UK because some parents still believe the MMR jab is linked to autism.

The officials say they are struggling to show that the vaccination is safe.

BBC Radio 4's The Report has found that the discredited former doctor Andrew Wakefield visited some Somali groups in the US.

Health authorities there blame him for the drop-off in MMR vaccinations
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MMR jab: Somali migrants have lingering fears on autism (Original Post) xchrom May 2013 OP
What I want to know is why that fraud Wakefield is still at it Warpy May 2013 #1

Warpy

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1. What I want to know is why that fraud Wakefield is still at it
Fri May 3, 2013, 05:38 PM
May 2013

He should know he lost, that his vaccine will never be approved, take over, and make him rich. He should know that he's been utterly discredited by the scientific community and that even the people he managed to scare have started to wake up to the fact that measles is far worse than seeing their kid cry from a jab.

I can only conclude he's a narcissist who can't let go of notoriety.

And now he's preying on vulnerable immigrants?

He belongs in prison.

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