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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Andrew Wakefield was a porn star and started vaccine denial?

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

    In the US. It was Jenny McCarthy, she really gained a lot of popular and supporting attention around her wrong views, supported by the fraudulent research of Andrew Wakefield.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_McCarthy#Activism

    Though its interesting this section of her bio is labeled under "Activism" and not "Controversy".

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    And she got the idea from Andrew Wakefield's paper before he was ejected from the British medical field.

    Vaccine denial is about 2 weeks younger than effective vaccinations.

    Jenny McCarthy is a footnote.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    She was a celebrity so she had the status and power to stand up on a soap box and start yelling. I think you're understating her influence on the American Public. She was on a popular day time talk show 'The View' for a while that lots of parents watched while home with their kids during the day.

    Also, I honestly don't know why we're arguing about this. Both of these people suck and are responsible for the vaccine denial around us. I'm leaving it at that

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

    Well, she isn't cited anymore but they still cite the paper and call Wakefield a dr.

    Edit: I geuss fuck me if I want accuracy.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    Lol alright dude.

    Person A: why are we arguing? This is stupid. I'm done arguing.

    Person B: continues arguing

    I'm gonna go listen to the Monty Python skit now.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Would you like a 5 minute argument or the full half hour?

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Hey, do you spit half truths or do you like the full truth?

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