A British study linking autism to childhood vaccines was retracted some time ago, and yesterday it was outed by a British media journal BMJ as an “elaborate fraud” responsible for significant and long-lasting damage to public health. Enter Anderson Cooper and his “Keepin’ Em Honest” segment last night in which he interviewed the doctor responsible for the allegedly fraudulent report, Dr. Andrew Wakefield.First some background on the story from CNN.com:
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