Wow. So it's alright for Wakefield to perform lumbar punctures on autistic kids AND to have a conflict of interest with his funding (being paide by solicitors to actively find a link between MMR & autism), but not ok for samples to be taken in the 1950's (as was the custom at the time, even though it's not now) & for MSD (in the capacity of education funding) to join hands with two of the most reputable journals?

I see your cevical cancer cells, & raise you lumbar punctures and colonoscopies in children (austistic children, none the less).
I think you are missing the fundamental point, which is how a conflict of interest leads to censorship. I'm trying to understand how Wakefield (who was given as an example) changes this, and why it would be a major factor in your response.