DR WAKEFIELD STATEMENT

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Texas, Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Wakefield issued the

following statement today on the recent British Medical Journal articles:

" The British Medical Journal and reporter Deer recently alleged that

my 1998 research paper was 'a hoax' and 'an elaborate fraud' and that my

motivation was profit.

" I want to make one thing crystal clear for the record – my research and the

serious medical problems found in those children were not a hoax and there

was no fraud whatsoever. Nor did I seek to profit from our findings.

" I stand by the Lancet paper's methodology and the results which call for

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into whether environmental triggers cause gastrointestinal disease and

developmental regression in children. In fact, despite media reports to the

contrary, the results of my research have been duplicated in five other

countries (to see citations to studies, visit http://tinyurl.com/4hrdt5y.)

" It is not unexpected to see poor reporting and misinformation coming from

Deer, the lead reporter of the recent BMJ coverage. But to see

coverage in other media that cites Deer's shoddy journalism in the BMJ as a

final justification to claim there is no link between vaccines and autism is

ludicrous. The MMR is only one vaccine of the eleven vaccinations on the

pediatric schedule that has been studied for causing developmental problems

such as autism. That is fact, not opinion. Any medical professional,

government official or journalist who states that the case is closed on

whether vaccines cause autism is jumping to conclusions without the research

to back it up.

" I continue to fully support more independent research to determine if

environmental triggers, including vaccines, are causing autism and other

developmental problems. The current rate of autism is 1 in 110 children in

the United States and 1 in 64 children in the U.K. My goal has always been

and will remain the health and safety of children. Since the Lancet paper, I

have lost my job, my career and my country. To claim that my motivation was

profit is patently untrue. I will not be deterred - this issue is far too

important. "

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