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== Timeline of events == | == Timeline of events == | ||
*1988 – MMR introduced in UK, for the first time boys are immunised against rubella, there is | *1988 – MMR introduced in UK, for the first time boys are immunised against rubella, there is a chance of getting wider measles vaccine coverage and mumps vaccination is included for the first time. | ||
a chance of getting wider measles vaccine coverage and mumps vaccination is included for | *1993 onwards – Andrew Wakefield proposes measles jab causes Crohn’s disease, this is later disproved. | ||
the first time. | *1995 – Uptake rate of vaccine is 95% enough for herd immunity for mumps, measles and rubella. | ||
*1993 onwards – Andrew Wakefield proposes measles jab causes Crohn’s disease, this is later | *1998 – Andrew Wakefield suggests MMR and autism link at press briefing to launch research published in the Lancet | ||
disproved. | |||
*1995 – Uptake rate of vaccine is 95% enough for herd immunity for mumps, measles and | |||
rubella. | |||
*1998 – Andrew Wakefield suggests MMR and autism link at press briefing to launch research | |||
published in the Lancet | |||
*1998 – 14 year study suggests no problems with MMR vaccine published in Lancet. | *1998 – 14 year study suggests no problems with MMR vaccine published in Lancet. | ||
*1999 – Research published in the Lancet from the Royal Free, where Wakefield did his | *1999 – Research published in the Lancet from the Royal Free, where Wakefield did his research, finds no evidence for MMR and autism link. | ||
research, finds no evidence for MMR and autism link. | *2000 – Andrew Wakefield and John O’Leary present evidence to US congress suggesting link between MMR and autism. | ||
*2000 – Andrew Wakefield and John O’Leary present evidence to US congress suggesting link | |||
between MMR and autism. | |||
*2000 – Another large scale study suggests benefits of MMR vastly outweigh risks. | *2000 – Another large scale study suggests benefits of MMR vastly outweigh risks. | ||
*2001 – BMJ study using GP Research Database suggests no link between MMR and autism. | *2001 – BMJ study using GP Research Database suggests no link between MMR and autism. | ||
*2001 – Andrew Wakefield resigns from the Royal Free and University College Medical School | *2001 – Andrew Wakefield resigns from the Royal Free and University College Medical School | ||
*2002 – John O’Leary and colleagues suggest measles are present in guts of patients with | *2002 – John O’Leary and colleagues suggest measles are present in guts of patients with austim in a paper in the Journal of Clinical Pathology: Molecular pathology. Scientists question methods and later a US legal case says methods unreliable. | ||
austim in a paper in the Journal of Clinical Pathology: Molecular pathology. Scientists | *2002-2004 – A large number of scientific studies find no link between MMR and autism including research published in British Medical Journal, New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatrics and Lancet | ||
question methods and later a US legal case says methods unreliable. | *2004 – 10 co-authors on the 1998 Wakefield Lancet paper issue a retraction and editor of the Lancet says, with hindsight, they shouldn’t have published the paper. | ||
*2002-2004 – A large number of scientific studies find no link between MMR and autism | |||
including research published in British Medical Journal, New England Journal of Medicine, | |||
Pediatrics and Lancet | |||
*2004 – 10 co-authors on the 1998 Wakefield Lancet paper issue a retraction and editor of | |||
the Lancet says, with hindsight, they shouldn’t have published the paper. | |||
*2004-2005 – Uptake of MMR vaccine falls to 81%. | *2004-2005 – Uptake of MMR vaccine falls to 81%. | ||
*2005 – Large scale Japanese study shows MMR not linked to autism; Japan withdrew MMR | *2005 – Large scale Japanese study shows MMR not linked to autism; Japan withdrew MMR and cases of autism continue to increase. | ||
and cases of autism continue to increase. | |||
*2005-2006 Uptake of MMR vaccine at 84%. | *2005-2006 Uptake of MMR vaccine at 84%. | ||
*April 2006 - 13 year old boy becomes the first person in the UK to die from measles in 14 | *April 2006 - 13 year old boy becomes the first person in the UK to die from measles in 14 years. | ||
years. | *June 2006 - It is announced that Andrew Wakefield is to face the General Medical Council over charges of professional misconduct. | ||
*June 2006 - It is announced that Andrew Wakefield is to face the General Medical Council | *2007 - Uptake of MMR vaccine increased to 85%. Department of Health would like the vaccine uptake to rise to 95% – a level that would give herd immunity. | ||
over charges of professional misconduct. | |||
*2007 - Uptake of MMR vaccine increased to 85%. Department of Health would like the | |||
vaccine uptake to rise to 95% – a level that would give herd immunity. | |||
*July 2007 - GMC starts hearings against Wakefield and two of his colleagues. | *July 2007 - GMC starts hearings against Wakefield and two of his colleagues. | ||
*January 2010 - GMC issues preliminary verdicts and finds Wakefield to have been | *January 2010 - GMC issues preliminary verdicts and finds Wakefield to have been 'irresponsible' in conducting unnecessary and invasive tests on children. The Lancet retracts Wakefield's original paper a couple of days later. | ||
'irresponsible' in conducting unnecessary and invasive tests on children. The Lancet retracts | *May 2010 - Wakefield is found guilty of serious professional misconduct and is struck off the medical register. | ||
Wakefield's original paper a couple of days later. | |||
*May 2010 - Wakefield is found guilty of serious professional misconduct and is struck off the | |||
medical register. | |||