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		rglovejoy on Jan 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Death Of Expertise >> Second-guessing their doctors and refusing to vaccinate their kids after reading stuff written by people who know exactly zip about medicine. >This claim was originally by an expert doctor. Andrew Wakefield was no expert. He was found guilty of research fraud and is no longer allowed to practice medicine.

3pt14159 on Jan 20, 2014 [–]

Right, with hindsight we can clearly see that he wasn't an expert, just like all experts that turn out to be wrong.

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