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If Our Gatekeepers Can't Function Properly, We Are Doomed, Barry Mauer
If Our Gatekeepers Can't Function Properly, We Are Doomed, Barry Mauer
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Andrew Wakefield, a British doctor who lost his medical license in 2010, falsely claimed in a 1998 scientific paper published in The Lancet that measles, mumps and rubella vaccines cause autism and Crohn’s disease. His claims, though bogus, were widely reported and led to a decline in vaccination rates and new outbreaks of measles and mumps.