Andrew Wakefield didn't cause the MMR vaccine panic without the help of journalists
Doctor vaccinating a woman against the flu (Shutterstock)

Since Andrew Wakefield spread alarm with his ultimately discredited work linking the MMR vaccine to autism, the issue of mass immunisation has been extremely vexed. The return of measles to the United States and outbreaks here are testament to the degree of hesitancy which exists. As for the annual flu vaccine, scepticism is almost de rigueur.…