Vaccination study interpretation withdrawn
10 of 13 scientists who published a paper with a suggestion that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is linked to autism have withdrawn their conclusion.
It turns out that the paper was based on 16 case studies, and they wanted to suggest that someone should rule out a connection between vaccination and these problems. Unfortunately, this got wide publication and vaccination rates dropped, even though no connection has ever been shown.
The article is published in New Scientist.
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