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Summary: In 1995, Dr. Andrew Wakefield came to a fork in the road when he was presented with a professional challenge and was confronted with a moral choice. Previously normal children were, according to their parents, regressing into autism and developing intestinal problems. Many parents blamed the MMR vaccine. Trusting in his medical training, the parental narrative, and above all, the instinct of mothers for their children's well-being, he chose what would be come a very difficult road. Dr. Wakefield appeared on Monday Night Radio on Monday, Oct. 18th.
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Dr. Andrew Wakefield is THE physician researcher who dares to question whether there is a link between childhood immunizations and autism.
In 1995, Dr. Andrew Wakefield came to a fork in the road. As an academic gastroenterologist at the Royal Free School of Medicine and the University of London, Dr. Wakefield was presented with a professional challenge and was confronted with a moral choice. Previously normal children were, according to their parents, regressing into autism and developing intestinal problems. Many parents blamed the MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccine. Trusting in his medical training, the parental narrative, and above all, the instinct of mothers for their children’s well-being, he chose what would be come a very difficult road.
Says Mary Holland, Esq., Co-Founder of the Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law and Advocacy, “Dr. Wakefield sets the record straight. It was not he who showed callous disregard towards vulnerable, sick children with autism. It was the British medical establishment, the General Medical Council, the media, and the pharmaceutical industry that threw the children under the bus to protect the vaccine program.”
And Dr. Richard Halvorsen, author of The Truth about Vaccines says “Andrew Wakefield has been subjected to extraordinary criticism and condemnation from professional colleagues and the wider community since he first questioned the safety of the MMR vaccine. In [Callous Disregard] he answers his critics – powerfully and comprehensively – and sets the record straight. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to know the truth behind the MMR debate and the politics of vaccination policy.”
Dr Andrew Wakefield, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCPath, is an academic gastroenterologist. He received his medical degree from St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School (part of the University of London) in 1981, one of the third generation of his family to have studied medicine at that teaching hospital.
He pursued a career in gastrointestinal surgery with a particular interest in inflammatory bowel disease. He qualified as Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1985 and in 1996 was awarded a Wellcome Trust Traveling Fellowship to study small-intestinal transplantation in Toronto, Canada. He was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in 2001. He has published over 130 original scientific articles, book chapters, and invited scientific commentaries.
In the pursuit of possible links between childhood vaccines, intestinal inflammation, and neurologic injury in children, Dr. Wakefield lost his job in the Department of Medicine at London’s Royal Free Hospital, his country, his career, and his medical license.
Dr. Wakefield’s book, “Callous Disregard: Autism and Vaccines: The Truth Behind a Tragedy”
