chairman of the american medical association stated that the "recent rulings by the special masters of the u.s. court of federal claims provide even more overwhelming evidence that there is no association between vaccines and autism or related disorders." after the ruling, keelan and wilson wrote that, in contrast to those who argued that the proceedings gave unnecessary publicity to the scientifically unsupported vaccine-autism hypothesis, "the nvicp was successful in its management of these proceedings and met the intent of the original legislation to protect the integrity of the vaccine supply, maintain public confidence in immunization, and provide those injured with a fair hearing."