Publication of research  based on a 12 person sample is so ludicrous, it's difficult for me to imagine hysterical reaction to such obscure findings without assistance from the press and Wakefield Media LLC on the way up

There is a politically active, and respectably organised and funded, anti-vaccination movement that pre-dates Wakefield's hack study. That "helped" too.

And what's the likelihood of former "patients" civil suits?

Unlikely. How many televangelists have been sued by the flock they fleece?

- Jake

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