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Research fraud on MMR vaccines

This is a factual case.

This kind of research fraud can cause a disease outbreak and cost the lives of children.

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-|Title=The Slippery Slope of Errors
+|Title=Research fraud on MMR vaccines
-|Is About=Research fraud concerning the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine lead to a measles outbreak in Wales in the UK affecting over a thousand children. Innocent people became the victims of another person's wilful misdemeanour, and in this case a ‘misdemeanour’ whose long‐term implications were probably not fully understood at the time of initial exposure<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ijpp.12044</ref>. This is a factual case.
+|Is About=This is a factual case.
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-|Important Because=This kind of research fraud can cause an entire outbreak of a disease and furthermore cost innocent people's lives.
+|Important Because=This kind of research fraud can cause a disease outbreak and cost the lives of children.
 |Important For=Researchers
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-|Involves=Andrew Wakefield
 |Has Timepoint=1998
 |Has Location=United Kingdom; UK