Dumb doc becomes East Texas hero

Wacky Wakefield

Why am I not surprised that Andrew Wakefield, described here as “one of the most reviled doctors of his generation,” has found a following in East Texas?

For those not familiar with this jerk, he’s the one who claimed back in 1998 that there was a link between the measules-mumps-rubella vaccine and autism, an idea that has been debunked unanimously by scientific and medical authorities.

Texas just seems to be a magnet for kooks.