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WHEN A CHARLATAN LIKE WAKEFIELD COMES ALONG

The Pathological Optimist

WHEN A CHARLATANLIKE WAKEFIELD COMES ALONG AND SEEMS TO GIVEA VERY SIMPLE ANSWER THAT...

The Pathological Optimist • 2017

WHEN A CHARLATAN
LIKE WAKEFIELD COMES ALONG AND SEEMS TO GIVE
A VERY SIMPLE ANSWER THAT BLAMES OTHER PEOPLE,
BLAMES DRUG COMPANIES, NOW BLAMES ME,
IT'S ALL MY FAULT, UH, PARENTS, SOME-- A VERY
SMALL NUMBER OF PARENTS BECOME MISLED BY THAT
AND CLING TO THIS, BECAUSE THEIR CHOICE
IS BASICALLY BLAME
SOMEBODY ELSE, OR SUFFER THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY-- THEY-- THEY--
THEY'RE LEFT WITH THE GUILT OF THINKING THAT, UM,
THAT IT WAS THEIR FAULT THAT THEY VACCINATED
THEIR CHILD

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WHEN A CHARLATAN LIKE WAKEFIELD COMES ALONG

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AND SEEMS TO GIVE A VERY SIMPLE ANSWER

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THAT BLAMES OTHER PEOPLE, BLAMES DRUG COMPANIES,

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NOW BLAMES ME, IT'S ALL MY FAULT,

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UH, PARENTS, SOME-- A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PARENTS

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BECOME MISLED BY THAT AND CLING TO THIS,

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BECAUSE THEIR CHOICE IS BASICALLY BLAME SOMEBODY ELSE,

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OR SUFFER THE POSSIBILITY

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THAT THEY-- THEY-- THEY-- THEY'RE LEFT WITH THE GUILT

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OF THINKING THAT, UM, THAT IT WAS THEIR FAULT

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THAT THEY VACCINATED THEIR CHILD.

Duration

25 seconds

Views

23

Timestamp in Movie

00:10:13

Uploaded

Jun 30, 2025

Genres

documentary, biography

Production

Cold Iron Pictures

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Movie Summary

In the center of the recent Tribeca Film Festival scandal surrounding his film VAXXED: From Cover-up to Controversy stands Andrew Wakefield, discredited and stripped of his medical license for his infamous study suggesting a link ...