Britain Bans Doctor Who Linked Autism To Vaccines

Jillian Bandes | May 26, 2010 7:56 AM

British Dr. Andrew Wakefield was responsible for the main study that linked autism to vaccinations in 1998. Since then, vaccination rates have plummeted in Britain from 95% to 50%, and Britain has banned him from practicing medicine there. Here's

Paul Offit, chief of infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia:

That is Andrew Wakefield's legacy...The hospitalizations and deaths of children from measles who could have easily avoided the disease.

Here's actors Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy, who leading advocates for the vaccination-autism link:

It is our most sincere belief that Dr. Wakefield and parents of children with autism around the world are being subjected to a remarkable media campaign engineered by vaccine manufacturers.