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Mail on Sunday
GCSE pupils 'brainwashed to support the MMR vaccine'
By Beezy Marsh
Last updated at 10:00 PM on 09th May 2009
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1179782/GCSE-pupils-brainwashed-support-MMR-vaccine.html
The Government has been accused of using a school exam paper to indoctrinate
children about the controversial MMR vaccine.
Teenagers sitting a GCSE science exam were awarded marks only if they agreed
that the study that first raised fears over the safety of MMR was bad science
and biased because money changed hands.
The study in 1998 by Dr Andrew Wakefield led to a crisis of public confidence in
immunisation.
Teenagers taking a GCSE science exam were asked questions about the
controversial MMR vaccine (File Photo)
The exam paper was set by UK exam board the Assessment and Qualifications
Alliance (AQA).
It stated that Dr Wakefield claimed to have found a possible link between the
MMR vaccine and autism and went on to say that his research into children with
autism and bowel problems was being funded by lawyers who ‘wanted evidence to
use against vaccine manufacturers’.
Marks were awarded for those who said the research was not based on ‘reliable
scientific evidence’ and then went on to attack the study sample size either for
being too small or for relying on ‘hearsay from parents’ who claimed that their
children had suffered damage from MMR.
Answering ‘yes’ to the question ‘Might Dr Wakefield’s research have been
biased?’ earned another mark if it was backed up with a comment about him being
paid by ‘parents/lawyers’.
Dr Wakefield and a campaign group of parents who believe vaccines have damaged
their children last night accused the Government of adopting sinister tactics
over MMR.
Speaking from Texas, where he works at a centre for autistic children, Dr
Wakefield said: ‘The thought police appear to be saying, “To pass this exam you
have to adopt this particular point of view.”
‘We didn’t make any claims that MMR was the cause of anything. The exam question
completely misrepresents what we said. The Lancet study received no funding
whatsoever.’
Jackie Fletcher, of campaign group JABS, said: ‘This is an insidious way of
shaping young people’s opinions.’
Last night AQA apologised for any ‘misunderstanding’ and removed the GCSE
January 2008 Science paper from its website, where it had remained active for
schools to use as a test paper.