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Those Obama and Clinton comments were made, I believe, in 2008. The Lancet retracted Wakefield’s paper in 2010.[/quote]
That’s the difference between science and beliefs. Both Clinton and Obama favored relying on science. (And I suspect, still do.) Beliefs survive criticism. They exist irrespective of criticism. Science doesn’t. Science asks for it. Constant review. Constant scrutiny. Science relies on the best available evidence, that will stand up to that criticism and scrutiny.
Obama may have been a little late to the criticism and subsequent conclusions about the quality of Wakefield’s work. But he was right. These things did need to be studied. And now, almost 7 years later, they have been. Conclusively.
