Byline: Pixie McKennaDaily Mail (London)
The cluelessly credulous mainstream media did its usual thing – they essentially reprinted the press release about the “vaccine shortage.” Now they have a new study to “report,” reaffirming the MMR’s safety and reassuring parents. Never mind that Merck and the pharmaceutical industry are st...
I agree that this anti-vaccine business is no good. I’ve been several different kinds of excited about the HPV vaccine, and am quite discouraged by the girls surrounding me rejecting it. I understand everyone gets to decide what to do with their body, but I wish that they would give th...
At the press conference, Dr. Wakefield was asked about the safety of the MMR vaccine. In 1992, two different combination MMR vaccines had been withdrawn from the U.K. marketplace because they were unsafe, so MMR vaccination was already a hot topic beforeThe Lancetarticle was published. Dr. ...
Tories ask Blair if his baby has had MMR vaccineJason Beattie Political Correspondent
- M. Quigley, Livingston.A GREENOCK GP (Dr Mustafa Kapasi) thinks he has found the answer to the decline in the MMR uptake - all children who have not received the MMR vaccine should be banned from nursery schools.What is happening to our once-proud NHS when it employs people like this...
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The MMR vaccination and autism controversy in United Kingdom 1998-2005: inevitable community outrage or a failure of risk communication? Vaccine. 2006;24:3921-8.Burgess DC, Burgess MA, Leask J. The MMR vaccination and autism controversy in United Kingdom 1998-2005: inevitable community outrage ...