Andrew Wakefield found 'irresponsible' by GMC over MMR vaccine scare

This is excellent. In light of the quantifiable damage done by the anti-vaccine movement, having one of the foundations of pseudo-science pulled out from their belief is refreshing. While I am sure this will not dissuade the true believers (e.g., the Autism One folks) who have a faithlike belief in a vaccine-disease causal relationship, hopefully this will help those wrestling with the topic to think twice.

A quote from an article on this subject that was the topic of a lot of contentious debate sums up :

Looking back over human history, rationality has been the anomaly. Being rational takes work, education, and a sober determination to avoid making hasty inferences, even when they appear to make perfect sense. Much like infectious diseases themselves — beaten back by decades of effort to vaccinate the populace — the irrational lingers just below the surface, waiting for us to let down our guard.