As it happens, in this case, the "study" was literally funded by a corrupt lawyer called Richard Barr, who realised how much lawsuit money there would be to be made if it turned out vaccines did cause autism, so he basically hired Andrew Wakefield to do a bullshit study that could be used as evidence if it ever went to court. If you haven't seen Hbomberguy's excellent video on the topic yet then you should absolutely check it out.
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u/Karpaltunnel83 Jan 31 '25
Fun fact: The doctor that made the "Vaccine causes Autism" claim has been disproven multiple times and even lost his doctorate for it