The triple viral vaccine is associated with autism, said a study by the Dr. Andrew Wakefield in 1998 and published in The Lancet. Four years after the study was published, a reporter, Brian Deer, began pulling the thread and found evidence that there were conflicts of interest by Wakefield and some of the study's co-authors.
Briefly explaining, he managed to discredit the triple viral vaccine (against measles, rubella and mumps) with the intention of publicize and sell a vaccine that would save all children from the danger of the first.
The problem is that he and his cronies were caught, and Darryl Cunningham, a comic book writer and cartoonist who is writing a scientific book in comic format, has decided that one of the chapters should be devoted to the Wakefield case.
Although it is a comic, everything relevant to what happened is explained. It could almost be said that it is like watching a slide show of what happened, without the figure of the speaker giving us more information to deepen. Thus, those who want to go beyond looking for extra information and those who simply want to find out what happened may know in a moment by looking at the images and reading the texts.
Dr. Juan Delgado, pediatrician of the family, translated the comic in his day and also turned it into the presentation that I show you above (our thanks for such selfless work).
How difficult it is to know the truth about vaccines when it is possible for someone to invent studies and data about a vaccine (either in favor, or against). As always, or as many times, we have to be the parents of our children who decide what to believe or who to trust. Hard, right?
