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More on the MMR controversy

Thanks to krfsm for pointing me at this:

The editor of the Lancet said last night that the scientific paper which sparked the row about the safety of the MMR vaccine would not have been published if senior staff had been aware that its lead author had not revealed "a serious conflict of interest".

Richard Horton said that Andrew Wakefield, the doctor whose research suggested a link between the triple jab against measles, mumps and rubella and autism, had made "an important error of judgement" in failing to say he had received an alleged £55,000 from the Legal Aid Board, now the Legal Services Commission to investigate grounds for legal action by parents of allegedly vaccine-damaged children.

It's fashionable to distrust anything that comes from government or big business, and - in moderation - that's a sensible enough attitude. But as the MMR issue shows, just because somebody's speaking against those two doesn't mean they don't have their own vested interests.