In 1998, The Lancet, Britain’s oldest and best-known medical journal, published what was then considered to be a landmark study that purported to prove a link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism. That article helped establish and legitimize the anti-vaxxing movement which continues to this day. But, twelve years after publication, The Lancet “retracted” the article after conceding that “several elements” of the study were “incorrect” and “contrary to the findings of an earlier investigation.” Or, as Forrest Gump would say, “And just like that, The Lancet’s anti-vaxxing article disappeared.” But what about all those parents who were terrified […]