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A now-retracted British study that linked autism to childhood vaccines was an “elaborate fraud” that has done long-lasting damage to public health, a leading medical publication reported Wednesday.

Brian Altonen‘s insight:

How did the refusal to vaccinate children get so out of hand in the U.S.?  

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This whole problem began when an article  was published in 1998 that provided falsified results to support its claim.  

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The Jan. 5, 2011 news story and related video describing this event are at:  http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/05/autism.vaccines/

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According to a krigged analysis of the distribution of these behaviors, the two niduses for this social pattern are the tristate area near Manhattan (high density), and the Pacific Northwest (statistically significant z-axis values).  

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A third nidus for this human behavior is surfacing in southern California.  

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A number of secondary sites defining potential entry points are in the Great Lakes region, in Florida, and in the southern (Houston) Texas area.

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