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I personally know parents who did not vaccinate their children in part a a reaction to the news and hype surrounding these reports. The results of this deception probably include the death of children.
IMHO, the news media, as well as the scientific community bear some of the responsibility regarding the traction these papers had.
This is just awful. I have to wonder if he thought he was right and made the results fit his beliefs, or whether he just didn't care either way and did it for the attention. Unfortunately the public mistrust of science is out-matched by its affinity for pseudo-science. I think that's a big reason why people were so quick to get behind blaming vaccines, i.e. science meddling with children.