What Jessica Malaty Rivera has said about Lancet MMR autism fraud
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 13, 2026
Jessica Malaty Rivera, Infectious disease epidemiologist, science communicator, and executive director of the Infodemiology Initiative, has been quoted on Lancet MMR autism fraud once in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on November 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Malaty Rivera says decades of research have shown the MMR vaccine does not cause autism, but Wakefield's retracted claim became the first domino of the anti-science movement.
“the mmr one was almost kind of the the first domino to fall”
TED Radio Hour: An epidemiologist's guide to good health advice (Nov 13, 2026) · Listen from 15:50
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An epidemiologist's guide to good health adviceTED Radio Hour · Nov 13, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera about health misinformation, measles, vaccine trust, wellness grifts, AI medical advice, and trending health questions.
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