In 1998, a discredited former British doctor Andrew Wakefield published a paper in that proposed that there was a link between the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine and autism.
Researchers have found yet more evidence that there is no link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism—despite what many anti-vaccine proponents have long claimed.
The paper was eventually withdrawn, and numerous studies have since debunked its conclusions. However, the false idea that the MMR vaccine causes autism has remained stubbornly persistent, hindering vaccine uptake. For the latest research, a team of scientists from the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark examined data from more than 600,000 Danish children to see if there were any links between MMR and autism in what is the largest study of its kind addressing this issue. The team had previously conducted a similar study in 2002 looking at the same question.
The researchers identified that of the 657,461 children born between 2009 and 2010, around 6,517 were diagnosed with autism over a 10-year follow-up period. “The carefully analyzed results add to an already long list of studies that debunked faulty ideas about vaccinations,” James Donnelly from Southern Cross University, who was not involved in the study, said in a statement. “This study is another reminder that we need to guard against biases informed by erroneous information when making important decisions about the causes and management of childhood disorders.
Despite agreement over the findings, some scientists have questioned the value of conducting such studies.
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