considered a form of complementary or alternative medicine and whose founder DD Palmer believed all human ailments could be cured by manipulation of the spine) has also been linked to the rise of anti-vaccine sentiment in Texas, where he lives with his wife and children.
Since moving to Texas, Wakefield has been involved in a series of organisations and charities related to autism and trying to prove a link between the condition and the use of vaccines./ Wakefield, who was speaking in Kansas City at a conference of chiropractors (a form of treatment generally(
2018.5.4 Anti-vaccine groups in Houston, with Wakefield’s support, recently narrowly failed to defeat moderate Republican Sarah Davis – who had spoken in favour of mandatory vaccines, in the primary contest for the state legislature – to replace her with a more conservative candidate./