This page is material from the award-winning investigation by Brian Deer for The Sunday Times of London, with spin-offs for a UK TV network and a top medical journal, which exposed vaccine research cheat Andrew Wakefield | Summary | Read the book

Doctor makes up tale to explain disgrace

This video is accurately and fairly edited from material on the internet to show the extraordinary false claims made by Andrew Wakefield in a bid to shrug off misconduct which would lead to him being permanently banned from practising medicine.

Circulated by anti-vaccine campaigners, these claims would become a foundation for continued fundraising from parents of autistic children, many of whom were led to believe that Wakefield was somehow their champion.

Another video, also captured online, reveals Wakefield threatening and belittling an apparently sincere whistleblower who confided in him.

In fact, perversely, it had been Wakefield’s activities which had thwarted the efforts of both parents and the whistleblower, who believed that some early formulations of the MMR vaccine marketed in the UK (and also other countries) were defective.

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