The
city is still debating Wakefield’s studies on the controversial
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine weeks after Brian Deer and Andrew
Wakefield spoke in La Crosse. While most side with Deer, the journalist
who questions the accuracy of Wakefield’s findings, there are still some
defending the former doctor’s results.
According
to the comments section of La Crosse Tribune’s article “Finding vaccine
truths: Crowds hear two takes on dismissed study," those siding with
Deer claim that parents who do not give their children the MMR vaccine
are “put[ting] their (and other) kids at risk [for polio] by not getting
these proven shots.” Those behind Wakefield believe “the medical
establishment in UK used Brian Deer as a means of destroying the
credibility of the research from The Royal Free Hosptial.” Some
commenters debate facts behind the speeches themselves. When one
pro-Deer commenter mocked the small crowd supporting Wakefield, another
commenter defending Wakefield claimed “students only went to Deer’s
speech for class credit.” Both claim that their opponent’s points are “simply not true.”
On October 4th and 5th,
journalist Deer spoke to UWL campus about his reports uncovering the
inaccuracies in Mr. Wakefield’s study linking the MMR vaccine to autism
and bowel disease in 2004. Wakefield spoke earlier in the afternoon at
Myrick Gun Shelter defending his study, claiming Deer had been hired to
skew the truths found in his study.
To read more on what La Crosse thinks about the MMR vaccine, visit http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/finding-vaccine-truth-crowds-hear-two-t...
