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Prognosis: Losing it

Doubt, Part Two: The Man Behind The Myth

Prognosis: Losing it
Prognosis: Losing it

Meet the man behind all the myths: Andrew Wakefield. Wakefield’s retracted 1998 study linking autism to vaccines helped kickstart the modern vaccine hesitancy movement. We’ll explore the forces that helped propel Wakefield into the spotlight and show how groundwork Wakefield laid decades ago helped seed the mistrust we’re seeing in the age of the coronavirus.

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Prognosis: Losing it
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