Is it all about Russia ? <| sep |> Well , it ' s a 200 years old rusty chain that hasn ' t move for centuries I ' d expect some rigidity , no ? <| sep |> It ' s a bit late now . <| sep |> Yeah I like the way both the black ones went with the black face . <| sep |> Your lucky . Ours is 7 am 1 pm on weekdays when I ' m at work and then 7 am 10 am on Saturday . Don ' t fancy getting up early on my day off , but I am forced to ! <| sep |> No he is not entitled to spread lies . Yes scientists don ' t know everything about autism but they know vaccines do not cause it . It ' s important to understand the context of what happened in the scientific literature . In 1997 Andrew Wakefiled and coauthors published Ileallymphoidnodular hyperplasia , nonspecific colitis , and pervasive developmental disorder in children in the well respected medical journal the Lancet . It described , 12 children were referred to a pediatric gastroenterology unit with a history of normal development followed by loss of acquired skills , including language , together with diarrhea and abdominal pain . They underwent gastroenterological , neurological , and developmental assessment and review of developmental records . 9 of the children , a diagnosis of autism had been made . In 6 of these 9 children , either the parent or a physician had linked the onset of developmental regression with the receipt of the MMR vaccine . Claiming We have identified a chronic enterocolitis in children that may be related to neuropsychiatric dysfunction . In most cases , onset of symptoms was after measles , mumps , and rubella immunization . In other words linking autism to the MMR vaccine . As you can imagine this created a splash in the scientific community as well as the public . Numerous epidemiological studies studies to identify medical patterns in populations were commissioned . A Nested casecontrol study in UKBlack C , Kaye JA , Jick H . Relation of childhood gastrointestinal disorders to autism nested casecontrol study using data from the UK General Practice Research Database . BMJ 200232541921 A Population Study in Five health districts in north east LondonTaylor B , Miller E , Lingam R , Andrews N , Simmons A , Stowe J . Measles , mumps , and rubella vaccination and bowel problems or developmental regression in children with autism population study . BMJ 20023243936 Retrospective cohort study of all children born in DenmarkMadsen KM , Hviid A , Vestergaard M , Schendel D , Wohlfahrt J , Thorsen P , et al . A populationbased study of measles , mumps , and rubella vaccination and autism . N Engl J Med 2002347147782 . This study examined cumulative incidence of ASD up to age seven for children born from 1988 to 1996 in Kohoku Ward population approximately 300 , 000 , Yokohama , Japan where MMR was replaced with individual shots . Honda H , Shimizu Y , Rutter M . No effect of MMR withdrawal on the incidence of autism a total population study . J Child Psychol Psychiatry 200546572910 more independent studies published by different groups with different funding sources with hundreds of different researches ALL found the same thing . There was no link between autism and vaccines . At this point people began to wonder about the original study . A journalist Brian Deer began to investigate . He found , The investigation has found that when he warned parents to avoid MMR , and published research claiming a link with autism , he did not disclose he was being funded through solicitors seeking evidence to use against vaccine manufacturers Wakefield did not tell his colleagues or medical authorities of this conflict of interest either during or after the research . There was a partial retraction in 2004 when Wakefiled ' s coauthors abandoned him . Murch , S . H . , Anthony , A . , Casson , D . H . , Malik , M . , Berelowitz , M . , Dhillon , A . P . , et al . 2004 . Retraction of an interpretation . Lancet , 363 , 750 . Brian deer investigated further The children had been recruited through MMR campaign groups , and at the time of their admission , most of their parents were clients and contacts of the lawyer , Richard Barr . Two were brothers One was supposedly diagnosed with autism before receiving the MMR vaccine , and one was supposedly diagnosed 6 months afterwards . Yet upon further investigation , it seems that only one of the original 12 actually had autism . Evidence someone had altered records . Barr also paid Wakefield 150 an hour plus expenses for a total of 435 , 643 . summary . htmThis led to the publication of this scientific article saying The Lancet paper has of course been retracted , but far narrower misconduct is now apparent . and We hope that declaring the paper a fraud will close that door for good . I believe this is the most damning evidence against WakefieldIn June 1997 he had filed a patent on products , including his own supposedly safer single measles vaccine , which could have potentially made Wakefield millions . Why does wakefiled still propagate this fraud and conspiracy theory ? What choice does he have ? In May 2010 the general medical council judged Wakefield to be dishonest , unethical and callousAccordingly the Panel has determined that Dr Wakefield ' s name should be erased from the medical register . The Panel concluded that it is the only sanction that is appropriate to protect patients and is in the wider public interest , including the maintenance of public trust and confidence in the profession and is proportionate to the serious and wideranging findings made against him . His name is synonymous with fraud in the scientific community he has no future with either science or medicine , he has no other choice but to continue this fraud . He has no other source of income other than selling antivaxers movies and books of this conspiracy theory . Trump speculating that vaccines cause autism is simply false and perpetuating a conspiracy theory has the effect of dead children . Yes Trump is not a medical researcher but he needs hire a knowledgeable science advisor who can tell him vaccines don ' t cause autism .