Vaccines on Autism In 1998, Andrew Wakefield and twelve of his colleagues published a case series about the affects vaccines could have on children. In this study, they tested 11 children and essentially blamed the children's health problems on the MMR vaccine. After this study came out, it gained the attention of a lot of parents and the number of MMR vaccines dropped. When later tested by other scientists, the results could not be replicated and the article was retracted. However, parents and many people still use this as an excuse to not vaccinate children with the MMR vaccine today. Now there is a rise in measles cases and measles related deaths. An experiment that can be used to test the validity of the effect of vaccines on autism would
