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Vaxxed

March 16, 2024

Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe is a 2016 American pseudoscience propaganda film[1]: 1 [2]: 1 [3] alleging a cover-up by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of a purported link between the MMR vaccine and autism.[4][5][6] According to Variety, the film "purports to investigate the claims of a senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who revealed that the CDC had allegedly manipulated and destroyed data on an important study about autism and the MMR vaccine";[7] critics derided Vaxxed as an anti-vaccine propaganda film.[8][9][10][11]

Vaxxed
Film poster
Directed byAndrew Wakefield
Written byAndrew Wakefield
Del Bigtree
Produced byDel Bigtree
Distributed byCinema Libre Studio
Release date
  • April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film was directed by discredited anti-vaccine activist Andrew Wakefield, who was struck off the medical register in the United Kingdom in 2010 due to ethical violations related to his fraudulent research into the role of vaccines in autism.[4][12][13][14] It was scheduled to premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival but was withdrawn by the festival.[15] In reviewing the film, Indiewire said that "Wakefield doesn't just have a dog in this fight; he is the dog".[16]

In November 2019, a sequel, Vaxxed II: The People's Truth, was released.

Background

Further information: MMR vaccine and autism and Lancet MMR autism fraud

In 1998 Wakefield and 12 other authors published a study in The Lancet suggesting that the MMR vaccine caused autism. In 2010 the study was retracted, and Wakefield was struck off the medical register in the United Kingdom due to "ethical violations and a failure to disclose financial conflicts of interest" and for his invention of evidence linking the MMR vaccine to autism.[4][17][18][19] A substantial body of subsequent research has established that there is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism.[20][21][22] Wakefield went on to become a leader in the anti-vaccination movement that his discredited study helped create.[23]

Del Bigtree, a producer of Vaxxed, was formerly a producer of The Doctors, an American medical advice talk show.[24] The British Medical Journal conducted a study on The Doctors and The Dr. Oz Show and concluded with this warning about the shows: "Consumers should be skeptical about any recommendations provided ... as details are limited and only a third to one half of recommendations are based on believable or somewhat believable evidence".[25][26] As with all American medical programmes and medical teleshopping shows, the two programmes carry Food and Drug Administration-required mandatory disclaimers at the end of each episode which state their advice is not a medical endorsement and viewers should consult with a physician based on the advice given.[citation needed]

The film was produced by Autism Media Channel,[7] of which Wakefield is a director.[27]

Narrative

 
CDC Info Statement for MMR Vaccine, 2012 - Challenged in film.

According to Variety, the film "purports to investigate the claims of a senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who revealed that the CDC had allegedly manipulated and destroyed data on an important study about autism and the MMR vaccine."[7] The film features the so-called "CDC whistleblower" narrative that is based on anti-vaccination activist[24] and associate professor Brian Hooker's paper describing claims by senior CDC scientist William Thompson that he and his co-authors had omitted mention of a correlation they found between vaccination and autism in African-American boys in a CDC study. However a 2011 IOM report showed that evidence favors rejection of a relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism.[28][29] The film contains edited excerpts of several phone calls between Hooker and Thompson recorded without Thompson's knowledge.[24][30] Hooker's 2014 paper on the narrative was subsequently retracted due to "serious concerns about the validity of its conclusions"[31][32] and in 2015 the CDC had confirmed that any such initial correlation had ceased to exist once they performed a more in-depth analysis of the children in the study.[33]

These sometimes spliced-together[33] unauthorized phone recordings of Thompson, according to the Houston Press, form the "crux of the entire movie ... And ... that's it".[34] On the "CDC whistleblower" narrative, Philip LaRussa, a professor of paediatric medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, said the film-makers "were saying, there's this silver bullet here, and the CDC is hiding it, and no one else has looked at this issue, which is not the case".[35] Thompson does not appear in the film and did not see it before it was released.[23] Thompson had released a statement on the controversy in 2014 which the New York Times discussed in its coverage of Vaxxed; the Times described it as "saying that while he questioned the 2004 study's presentation of some data, he would never advise people not to get vaccinated."[23][36]

Premiere and distribution

The film had been scheduled to premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival but this was the subject of public outcry and widespread criticism, particularly for allowing Wakefield to distribute his discredited theories.[37][38][39][40] Actor Robert De Niro, who co-founded the festival, initially defended the decision to show the film, writing on Facebook that the film was "very personal" to him due to him having a child with autism,[41] and saying that he hoped the film would open a dialog about the controversy.[41] But shortly before the evening of March 26 De Niro announced that the film would not screen, stating that consultation with other film festival representatives, and members of the scientific community, had led him to conclude that screening the film would not contribute to or further the discussion of the topic presented.[15][42]

After the film was dropped from the Tribeca Film Festival, it was picked up for distribution by Cinema Libre.[7] The film premiered at the Angelika Film Center in New York City on April 1, 2016[43] to an audience of "a few dozen".[44]

In reaction to Cinema Libre's decision to distribute the film, Todd Drezner, the father of an autistic son and creator of a neurodiversity-themed movie that was distributed by Cinema Libre, wrote an open letter to Cinema Libre criticizing Vaxxed and Cinema Libre's decision to distribute it, writing: "By releasing Vaxxed, Cinema Libre is actively harming thousands of autistic people. While we should be discussing ways to best support autistic people and help them lead fulfilling lives, you would instead have us follow a discredited scientist and dishonest filmmaker down a rabbit hole that leads only to long-debunked conspiracy theories. I am profoundly disappointed."[45][46]

The film was given a private screening in Cannes in 2017 while the Cannes Film Festival was underway,[47] and at that time Cinema Libre said that it had earned $1.2 million and that they had signed distribution deals in Italy, Germany, Poland, and China.[48]

Reception

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 38% based on 13 reviews, and an average rating of 4.3/10.[49]

In his film debut, Wakefield has cast himself as the victim of a massive conspiracy to hide the truth ... What drove Wakefield from being a respected researcher to a conspiracy theorist?

—Paul Offit in The Hollywood Reporter.[50]

Documentary director Penny Lane stated, "This film is not some sort of disinterested investigation into the 'vaccines cause autism' hoax; this film is directed by the person who perpetuated the hoax."[1]

A review by Ed Cara from the health and science news-site Medical Daily states that "[Vaxxed] doesn't care about convincing its audience with evidence. Instead, Wakefield, Hooker, and producer Del Bigtree run the viewer through a well-trod gauntlet of emotional pleas, context-free statistics ... and shadowy conspiracies."[33] Eric Kohn from an independent film news-site Indiewire says: "Wakefield's by-the-numbers approach to didactic storytelling relies on tons of random factoids positioned out of context to drive home his agenda."[8]

Joe Leydon, a film critic from Variety magazine. describes the film as a "slickly produced but scientifically dubious hodgepodge of free-floating paranoia" and warns of its "anti-Big Pharma conspiracy mongering."[51] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote:

The vast majority of people who see this film will not have the scientific knowledge to assess the film's veracity. But it's fair to say that the documentary, though characterized as antivaccination, isn't quite that. The point of view is more nuanced. It's against the vaccination of children ages 2 and younger. And it's particularly against the MMR — that is, the giving of three vaccines at once ... it's a passionate advocate for its viewpoint, and that makes for compelling viewing. ... Of course, it's possible that the children would have developed autism anyway, and that one event didn't cause the other. But the parents presented here are convinced otherwise.[52]

Pete Vonder Haar of Houston Press described the film as a "tragic fraud."[34] Sarah Gill of The Age called the film "another desperate attempt to hoodwink the public for no greater purpose than making money."[12]

 
Vaxxed bus - Monterey, CA 2020

Sequel

In November 2019, Vaxxed II: The People's Truth, produced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was released in the US.[53] The core of the film is video of individuals telling their stories to those who drove the Vaxxed promotional bus across the US in 2016.[2]

Of the film, Newsweek stated that it "touts the myth that there is a "vaccine injury epidemic."" and that the "trailer features distressing footage of parents making anecdotal and unfounded claims that vaccines caused their children to have developmental problems, including autism."[54]

The Guardian stated that "The film makes no effort to address the scientific evidence that the parents’ experiences of autism in their children have nothing to do with vaccines, or the coincidence that symptoms of autism often appear between 12 and 24 months of age, exactly when the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is given."[2]

See also

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Vaxxed From Cover Up to Catastrophe is a 2016 American pseudoscience propaganda film 1 1 2 1 3 alleging a cover up by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC of a purported link between the MMR vaccine and autism 4 5 6 According to Variety the film purports to investigate the claims of a senior scientist at the U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who revealed that the CDC had allegedly manipulated and destroyed data on an important study about autism and the MMR vaccine 7 critics derided Vaxxed as an anti vaccine propaganda film 8 9 10 11 VaxxedFilm posterDirected byAndrew WakefieldWritten byAndrew WakefieldDel BigtreeProduced byDel BigtreeDistributed byCinema Libre StudioRelease dateApril 1 2016 2016 04 01 Running time91 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishThe film was directed by discredited anti vaccine activist Andrew Wakefield who was struck off the medical register in the United Kingdom in 2010 due to ethical violations related to his fraudulent research into the role of vaccines in autism 4 12 13 14 It was scheduled to premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival but was withdrawn by the festival 15 In reviewing the film Indiewire said that Wakefield doesn t just have a dog in this fight he is the dog 16 In November 2019 a sequel Vaxxed II The People s Truth was released Contents 1 Background 2 Narrative 3 Premiere and distribution 4 Reception 5 Sequel 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksBackgroundFurther information MMR vaccine and autism and Lancet MMR autism fraud In 1998 Wakefield and 12 other authors published a study in The Lancet suggesting that the MMR vaccine caused autism In 2010 the study was retracted and Wakefield was struck off the medical register in the United Kingdom due to ethical violations and a failure to disclose financial conflicts of interest and for his invention of evidence linking the MMR vaccine to autism 4 17 18 19 A substantial body of subsequent research has established that there is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism 20 21 22 Wakefield went on to become a leader in the anti vaccination movement that his discredited study helped create 23 Del Bigtree a producer of Vaxxed was formerly a producer of The Doctors an American medical advice talk show 24 The British Medical Journal conducted a study on The Doctors and The Dr Oz Show and concluded with this warning about the shows Consumers should be skeptical about any recommendations provided as details are limited and only a third to one half of recommendations are based on believable or somewhat believable evidence 25 26 As with all American medical programmes and medical teleshopping shows the two programmes carry Food and Drug Administration required mandatory disclaimers at the end of each episode which state their advice is not a medical endorsement and viewers should consult with a physician based on the advice given citation needed The film was produced by Autism Media Channel 7 of which Wakefield is a director 27 Narrative nbsp CDC Info Statement for MMR Vaccine 2012 Challenged in film According to Variety the film purports to investigate the claims of a senior scientist at the U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who revealed that the CDC had allegedly manipulated and destroyed data on an important study about autism and the MMR vaccine 7 The film features the so called CDC whistleblower narrative that is based on anti vaccination activist 24 and associate professor Brian Hooker s paper describing claims by senior CDC scientist William Thompson that he and his co authors had omitted mention of a correlation they found between vaccination and autism in African American boys in a CDC study However a 2011 IOM report showed that evidence favors rejection of a relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism 28 29 The film contains edited excerpts of several phone calls between Hooker and Thompson recorded without Thompson s knowledge 24 30 Hooker s 2014 paper on the narrative was subsequently retracted due to serious concerns about the validity of its conclusions 31 32 and in 2015 the CDC had confirmed that any such initial correlation had ceased to exist once they performed a more in depth analysis of the children in the study 33 These sometimes spliced together 33 unauthorized phone recordings of Thompson according to the Houston Press form the crux of the entire movie And that s it 34 On the CDC whistleblower narrative Philip LaRussa a professor of paediatric medicine at Columbia University Medical Center said the film makers were saying there s this silver bullet here and the CDC is hiding it and no one else has looked at this issue which is not the case 35 Thompson does not appear in the film and did not see it before it was released 23 Thompson had released a statement on the controversy in 2014 which the New York Times discussed in its coverage of Vaxxed the Times described it as saying that while he questioned the 2004 study s presentation of some data he would never advise people not to get vaccinated 23 36 Premiere and distributionThe film had been scheduled to premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival but this was the subject of public outcry and widespread criticism particularly for allowing Wakefield to distribute his discredited theories 37 38 39 40 Actor Robert De Niro who co founded the festival initially defended the decision to show the film writing on Facebook that the film was very personal to him due to him having a child with autism 41 and saying that he hoped the film would open a dialog about the controversy 41 But shortly before the evening of March 26 De Niro announced that the film would not screen stating that consultation with other film festival representatives and members of the scientific community had led him to conclude that screening the film would not contribute to or further the discussion of the topic presented 15 42 After the film was dropped from the Tribeca Film Festival it was picked up for distribution by Cinema Libre 7 The film premiered at the Angelika Film Center in New York City on April 1 2016 43 to an audience of a few dozen 44 In reaction to Cinema Libre s decision to distribute the film Todd Drezner the father of an autistic son and creator of a neurodiversity themed movie that was distributed by Cinema Libre wrote an open letter to Cinema Libre criticizing Vaxxed and Cinema Libre s decision to distribute it writing By releasing Vaxxed Cinema Libre is actively harming thousands of autistic people While we should be discussing ways to best support autistic people and help them lead fulfilling lives you would instead have us follow a discredited scientist and dishonest filmmaker down a rabbit hole that leads only to long debunked conspiracy theories I am profoundly disappointed 45 46 The film was given a private screening in Cannes in 2017 while the Cannes Film Festival was underway 47 and at that time Cinema Libre said that it had earned 1 2 million and that they had signed distribution deals in Italy Germany Poland and China 48 ReceptionOn review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 38 based on 13 reviews and an average rating of 4 3 10 49 In his film debut Wakefield has cast himself as the victim of a massive conspiracy to hide the truth What drove Wakefield from being a respected researcher to a conspiracy theorist Paul Offit in The Hollywood Reporter 50 Documentary director Penny Lane stated This film is not some sort of disinterested investigation into the vaccines cause autism hoax this film is directed by the person who perpetuated the hoax 1 A review by Ed Cara from the health and science news site Medical Daily states that Vaxxed doesn t care about convincing its audience with evidence Instead Wakefield Hooker and producer Del Bigtree run the viewer through a well trod gauntlet of emotional pleas context free statistics and shadowy conspiracies 33 Eric Kohn from an independent film news site Indiewire says Wakefield s by the numbers approach to didactic storytelling relies on tons of random factoids positioned out of context to drive home his agenda 8 Joe Leydon a film critic from Variety magazine describes the film as a slickly produced but scientifically dubious hodgepodge of free floating paranoia and warns of its anti Big Pharma conspiracy mongering 51 Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote The vast majority of people who see this film will not have the scientific knowledge to assess the film s veracity But it s fair to say that the documentary though characterized as antivaccination isn t quite that The point of view is more nuanced It s against the vaccination of children ages 2 and younger And it s particularly against the MMR that is the giving of three vaccines at once it s a passionate advocate for its viewpoint and that makes for compelling viewing Of course it s possible that the children would have developed autism anyway and that one event didn t cause the other But the parents presented here are convinced otherwise 52 Pete Vonder Haar of Houston Press described the film as a tragic fraud 34 Sarah Gill of The Age called the film another desperate attempt to hoodwink the public for no greater purpose than making money 12 nbsp Vaxxed bus Monterey CA 2020SequelIn November 2019 Vaxxed II The People s Truth produced by Robert F Kennedy Jr was released in the US 53 The core of the film is video of individuals telling their stories to those who drove the Vaxxed promotional bus across the US in 2016 2 Of the film Newsweek stated that it touts the myth that there is a vaccine injury epidemic and that the trailer features distressing footage of parents making anecdotal and unfounded claims that vaccines caused their children to have developmental problems including autism 54 The Guardian stated that The film makes no effort to address the scientific evidence that the parents experiences of autism in their children have nothing to do with vaccines or the coincidence that symptoms of autism often appear between 12 and 24 months of age exactly when the measles mumps and rubella MMR vaccine is given 2 See alsoBig Pharma conspiracy theory Science Moms Vaccine adverse event Vaccine hesitancyReferences a b Grinberg Emanuella March 27 2016 Robert De Niro pulls anti vaccine film from Tribeca after controversy CNN Retrieved March 31 2016 a b c Pilkington Ed October 31 2019 Release of Vaxxed sequel prompts fears dangerous propaganda will spread again The Guardian Archived from the original on November 3 2019 Retrieved November 14 2019 Sun Lena H June 19 2019 Meet the New York couple donating millions to the anti vax movement The Washington Post Wakefield used the money to help fund a documentary film called Vaxxed Tara Smith an infectious disease expert at Kent State University who has researched the anti vaccine movement called the film an effective piece of propaganda a b c Belluck Pam Ryzik Melena March 25 2016 Robert De Niro Defends 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