Anti-vaxxers: The doctor who fooled the world

How does Andrew Wakefield’s pseudoscience help us understand our modern post-truth crisis?


Guest: Brian Deer, former Sunday Times investigative reporter, author of The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andrew Wakefield's War on Vaccines.


Host: David Aaronovitch. 


Clips used: Channel 5 and ET Canada. 


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