Public data debunks vaccine study

Because Gallagher & Goodman used public NHIS survey data, the author could reproduce their models and show the study's results are fragile and likely driven by specification and parsing choices. Open data and replication expose weak medical causal claims that otherwise persist in media-driven narratives. — Promoting routine public-data replication and mandatory replication packages for epidemiological work is a practical way to limit harmful health misinformation and improve media reporting.