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This book records the whole process of the British doctor Andrew Wakefield, the "father of the anti-vaccination movement", who conducted scientific research fraud on the MMR vaccine, triggering a global crisis of trust in vaccines. In 1998, Wakefield published a paper in The Lancet, based on a study of 12 children, proposing a link between the measles virus in the MMR vaccine and autism. This paper had an explosive impact and a series of scientific controversies, triggering a sharp decline in the global vaccination rate of the MMR vaccine and a resurgence of measles infections. In 2003, "Sunday Times" reporter Brian Dill discovered the shocking scam hidden behind this paper after a detailed and in-depth investigation, exposing the secret deal between Wakefield and his profit-making associate, lawyer Richard Barr. Eventually, the paper was retracted by The Lancet, and Wakefield's medical license was revoked. But with the rise of social media in the Internet age, Wakefield has come back with a new look, and Deere's pursuit of him continues.