TFH #452: The Conspiracy Of Medical Science Censorship with Dr. Andrew Wakefield

Wakefield forgot to mention some stuff!

Like how he had a massive financial interest in making people scared of vaccines when he published his bogus research: https://briandeer.com/wakefield/vaccine-patent.htm

Like how he wound up making a fortune in the conspiracy theory community, built himself a million-dollar place down in Austin and started dating a supermodel (google it).

Like how he got caught making that money by looting a nonprofit, stuffing his pockets with cash donated to help autistic children: https://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2014/11/07/andrew-wakefield-paid-316k-to-administer-80k-in-grants-by-the-strategic-autism-inititiative/

This guy didn’t “lose everything.” He tried to get rich selling anti-vaccine conspiracy theories on the side, and then when that didn’t work he doubled down and made it his main business. He made enough shilling for straight dollar donations that he managed to go into the film business, making pretty gross propaganda that gets donations from bigger-ticket conspiracy theorists: https://violentmetaphors.com/2016/06/13/vaxxed-reviewed-what-happened-inside-the-movie/ and https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/latest-act-from-andrew-wakefield-recycling-1986-anti-vaccine-tropes/

Honestly just disgusting for Sam to brag about being part of the “truth movement” when his business is selling this guy’s lies for him. “Truth” doesn’t mean “whatever bullshit sells premium subs.”

Even more shameless that he pretends he cares about protecting kids. Wakefield has done huge damage to children’s health, and he makes a ton of money doing it. Nothing does less for kids than shilling this bullshit for a dollar.