People are quick to want something to blame, and I can't blame them for that. When your child suddenly changes, or rather, you get a diagnosis that your child is unwell, you're naturally going to start looking for an explanation and hopefully a resolution.
Unfortunately when you get a snake oil salesman like Andrew Wakefield who comes along offering a panacea both in explanation ("it's MMR!") and a treatment ("don't use MMR!") then it seems so easy.
What these people don't realise is that they're contributing to making illnesses like autism even worse by diverting interest and cash away from real research. Instead these people view Wakefield et al as some sort of deity who has gone against the man and told them exactly what they wanted to hear.
Unfortunately when you get a snake oil salesman like Andrew Wakefield who comes along offering a panacea both in explanation ("it's MMR!") and a treatment ("don't use MMR!") then it seems so easy.
What these people don't realise is that they're contributing to making illnesses like autism even worse by diverting interest and cash away from real research. Instead these people view Wakefield et al as some sort of deity who has gone against the man and told them exactly what they wanted to hear.
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