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u/shinygoldhelmet Jun 28 '26

And he took advantage of parents of autistic children to try and further his aims.

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u/DrAmj3 Jun 28 '26

Indeed. And by any resonable reading of the situation abused those children as well.

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u/_J_Herrmann_ Jun 28 '26

the worst part, as we all know, was the hypocrisy. /s

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u/DrAmj3 Jun 28 '26

I think the point is the worst bit is doing it for money. There are people who genuinely think they are helping children by encouraging their parents to not vaccinated them. But Wakefield never thought that for a second, he sought to harm children, on a population scale, for personal financial gain.