In case you haven’t heard

That study that “proved” vaccines caused autism has been proven a fraud. Anderson Cooper even interviewed Andrew Wakefield who lost his medical license over it. It’s not like I told you this months ago (and I was very late to the party seeing as The Lancet, which published the paper, retracted it in February 2010).

And yet Jenny McCarthy and loads of other people continue to make money off fear, paranoid and the need to blame someone that parents of autistic children feel. Do NOT let these people con you any more!

Key points in the articles:

According to BMJ, Wakefield received more than 435,000 pounds ($674,000) from the lawyers. Godlee said the study shows that of the 12 cases Wakefield examined in his paper, five showed developmental problems before receiving the MMR vaccine and three never had autism.

*bolding mine.