Does this Study Disprove an MMR-Autism Link? with Jeremy Hammond

About this episode

The episode discusses a study that claims no link between the MMR vaccine and autism, featuring journalist Jeremy R. Hammond who critiques the study's flaws.

In 2019, a study from Denmark by Hviid, et al, purported to demonstrate that there was no link between the MMR vaccine and autism, even among genetically susceptible populations. The study was strongly critiqued at the time, and now, journalist Jeremy R. Hammond, along with Dr. Brian Hooker and Dr. Jeet Varia, has published a paper that addresses the serious flaws in Hviid et al, in the Journal of Biotechnology and Biomedicine. I talk with Jeremy about Hviid et al, and about his own pap...

People in this episode

Host: Bretigne

Guest: Jeremy R. Hammond

Topics covered

• MMR vaccine
• autism
• medical research
• public health
• vaccine safety

Keywords

• MMR vaccine
• autism
• Jeremy Hammond
• Hviid study
• vaccine debate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Journal of Biotechnology and Biomedicine

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