Dear Jenny McCarthy: Autism Study Linking Disorder To Vaccination Was 'Elaborate Fraud'

By Dennis Romero Thu., Jan. 6 2011 at 12:46 PM

Sorry Jenny McCarthy. First the split with Jim Carrey. Now this.

Turns out the whole basis for your vaccination-causes-autism side career is fraudulent (as many had suspected). It was all made up. Here in the celebrity-as-health-expert/conspiracy-theorist capital of the world, this has to be a sad day.

The British medical journal BMJ this week concluded that the landmark autism study by Dr. Andrew Wakefield in 1998 was an "elaborate fraud."

CNN:

"It's one thing to have a bad study, a study full of error, and for the authors then to admit that they made errors," Fiona Godlee, BMJ's editor-in-chief, told the network. "But in this case, we have a very different picture of what seems to be a deliberate attempt to create an impression that there was a link by falsifying the data."

Wakefield, apparently disgraced, was stripped of his U.K. medical license in spring.

His paper sparked a new movement against child vaccination in the U.S., causing some parents to skip the time-tested precaution and making way for a measles comeback.

So what does cause autism? Experts still don't know, but we recently reported on a study that found a correlation between children who live near freeways and the disorder.

Tags:

autism, fraud, Hollywood, Jenny McCarthy, Los Angeles, science

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She was the queen. Many here still hold to the Wild West spirit and fight for her survival. Unfortunately, she is sick. It is sad and ironic that such a majestic lady with a spirit as free as the wind is being killed by the nanny state. On a clear night you can see her stars burning bright with the memory of what was. Most days you see her dying like an old drifter staring at four walls, struggling to accept it. http://oakparkrepublic.blogspo...

Dick Decent

This is VERY distressing since in all matters concerning medicine or public health, Jenny McCarthy is the first source I look to for accurate scientific data.

howler

HAHAHAHA!!! Thanks, that gave me a good laugh! (I'm totally assuming that it was your intention)

Nathaniel Bowman

Wonder how I will break this news to the people around me who believe this "Vaccination causes Autism" crap. I'm 90% sure I'll be greeted with skepticism and accused of believing everything I read.

Vivian51

anyone listening to a playboy playmate who cannot accept a genetic link to her child's illness and not doctors who discredited the survey should be held accountable if there children were unduly harmed from not getting these vaccines. you want info on breast implants, ask jenny. your child's health- a good doctor and a second opinion.

Master Shake

Wow, I'd have thought it would at least take two or three comments before someone brought politics into it. Congrats "Guest", you're the pathetic loser of the day.

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Jenny McCarthy : Autism : Vaccines asGeorge W. Bush : WMD : Iraq

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