Article: Doctor blames Andrew Wakefield and anti-vaxxers for her baby son catching measles
“A doctor has said public reaction to Andrew Wakefield’s discredited study linking the MMR vaccine to autism was to blame when her baby son caught measles.”
Despite the overwhelming scientific evidence showing the benefits of vaccinations, the anti-vaccination movement has grown in part to social media.
May 2021 TOK Essay Prescribed Title #6 is centered on bias and there is no shortage of bias in this RLE. There are a number of ways in which bias helps and hinders the production of knowledge in this RLE and in the wider vaccination debate.