Thank you to Elliot Chapman, one of our own Anime Amigos and “Nerd Consultants”, who gave his first presentation for us with his excellent account of “War on Vaccines: The MMR Scare and the Modern Anti-Vax Movement”.

Linda also brought up the National Autistic Societies “Open Letter” petition, which she urged people to sign, and you can find the direct link below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Title Frame
00:04 Linda’s Introduction
02:38 Elliot Chapman, War on Vaccines
03:36 Key Sources
04:29 Introduction to Meeee
05:12 Do vaccines cause autism? NO!
09:25 The Story of I Libertine
14:03 Andrew Wakefield
16:00 The Lancet Article
16:40 Autistic Enterocolitis
21:06 No proof of association
22:20 The press conference
25:22 The News
28:37 Scientists and Doctor’s Reactions
30:58 Brian Deer
35:04 Patent for New Measles Vaccine
40:19 Attempting to prove the existence of Autistic Enterocolitis
45:53 The Experiment
58:49 The End of Wakefield
01:01:21 The Victims of the Scare
01:03:18 Dr Buchan’s comments on the Presentation
01:03:47 Sign the N.A.S. Petition “Truth. It Matters”
01:06:08 Part 2
01:06:32 Robert F Kennedy Jr.
01:07:16 American “autistic epidemic”
01:07:54 Brilliant!
01:09:28 The Threat of Measles
01:13:25 RFK’s offensive statement
01:17:05 Something Positive
01:20:49 Final Quote