Dr Andrew Wakefield, England, 1998:
studied 12 children (8 with autism; 4 with other developmental delays)
9 of the 12 showed mild intestinal inflammation, reported by parents to have started soon after their MMR vaccination
Wakefield suggested an environmental or external cause, but did not immediately make a direct link to the MMR vaccine
Wakefield later reported to the American Academy of Pediatrics, suggesting that:
– The measles virus in MMR vaccine is different from other forms of the virus
– The MMR measles virus causes damage to the intestine or ‘leaky gut’
– A damaged intestine leaks toxic intestinal products from the gastrointestinal system, which can then reach the developing brain, resulting in neurological damage and autism
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England, 1998:
90% of British children received measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) The majority do not have autism
Some autistic children have been shown to have intestinal inflammation with unknown cause, but this problem has occurred whether the children received MMR vaccine or not
No other scientific study has found any evidence of measles causing intestinal damage or ‘leaky gut’
Wakefield earlier claimed that measles was linked to inflammatory bowel disease, but further studies by others have found no link between the virus and inflammatory bowel disease (33)
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