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> genuine, if provably false, concerns about vaccines. Does not compute. Genuine, but provably false statements are negligence at best, fraud at worse. Not ju

• ineedasername 8y ago
  And in the case of anti-vax, while many people may be genuine in their sentiment, it is primarily based on a piece of research that was, by the author, acknowledged to be fraudulent with fabricated facts. [0] Maybe the rise of the internet would have given birth to the anti-vax movement anyway, but my recollection is that Wakefield's fraudulent research was the catalyst that got that ball rolling. Prior, there had been an anti-vax movement in response to the first ever vaccine (for small pox) around the 1800's. It took society time accept the idea of vaccination. Regrettable, albeit understandable. For most of 100 years there wasn't much anti-vax sentiment until DTP faced criticism for a limited time in the late 70's early 80's. The things were calm again until Wakefield's fraud, and the rise of the internet has sustained it since. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/