We knew his science was bad, but in case you were wondering _why_ he was acting like such a tool, here’s an article explaining how Andrew Wakefield was planning on making money out of encouraging parents to make their kids vulnerable to disease.
Scum.

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In response to the Lancet’s retraction of the 1998 study, Slate recently republished a 2007 article by Arthur Allen (author of Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver).
Try not to get depressed as you read about “why scientists are unlikely to convince the parents of autistic children that vaccines are not to blame.”

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One of the great things the JREF did at The Amaz!ng Meeting this year was the fundraising effort for the Southern Nevada Health District’s Vaccines For Children (VFC) program. Organized by Dr. Joe Albietz, who also sat on the Anti-Anti-Vax panel, the drive was a great success.
Normally the JREF hands out small sculptures to all [...]

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Posted in the comments section on Neurologica:
I am no fan of the anti-vaccine hysteria I call the “New McCarthyism,” and I love what you are doing to champion the cause of science and common sense. But I had a little trouble with this part–I don’t think you can draw the conclusion from this particular quote.
“Calling [...]

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Cory Doctorow’s post on BoingBoing.net links to this reprint of a Roald Dahl article begging people to protect their children by getting them vaccinated. Dahl had a child die from measles at a time before a reliable vaccine had been discovered.
Every voice speaking up for vaccination counts. Well done, Cory.

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