The Pros And Cons Of The Immunization Study

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I choose to talk about the Immunization study I think it caused the most harm especially on the kids whose parents refused to vaccinate. Most these will end up developing scars that will be part of their everyday lives.
Wakefield and his colleagues used innocent children as their Guinea pigs and that was really awful. I was really glad to see that the Lancet after finding out what Wakefield and his colleagues did retracted their research form their paper. Bu I guess the harm had already been done .Because the outbreak of Measles in the UK 2008 and 2009, USA and Canada suggested that some parents still believed that the vaccination could cause autism in their children.
Just because they wanted money and to be famous these fraudsters end up

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