I doubt he would have dedicated his life’s work to something he didn’t think he could eventually achieve. He himself stated there was no causal relationship between the two..
The fact that others couldn’t reproduce his results doesn’t mean much tbh. I know that’s how science works, you need to be able to reproduce and replicate etc, but there could be a zillion reasons why Wakefield and others wouldn’t want that to happen. So the fraud charge as such seems a bit trumped up..
Did Wakefield count on all those other other issues of misconduct to destroy him? Probably not. Why he felt comfortable using kids as lab rats and not disclosing financial conflicts of interest is anyone’s guess, but maybe he felt it was the norm.
I’d say there was a bit of ‘railroading’. Sivad isn’t the loon you all want him to be
Oh, and even though this Wakefield fella isn’t a proper doctor anymore, I don’t believe for one sec he doesn’t have an army of people carrying on his reasearch with him in the shadows. And the next time they appear, they won’t be railroaded. That’s the scary bit..