"Study Finds Vaccine Doesn't Lead to Child Bacterial Infections"
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"Study Finds Vaccine Doesn't Lead to Child
Bacterial Infections" New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
(02/20/03) P. A21; McNeil Jr., Donald G.
British researchers conclude that bacterial
infections are not more common in children who receive the measles, mumps, and
rubella (MMR) vaccine. The report in the journal Archives of Disease in
Childhood was meant to counteract the assertion of parents groups that the
inoculation overloads children's immune systems and lead to illness. Such
worries have led to Britain's MMR vaccination rate falling to 85 percent and a
higher rate of preventable diseases like measles. National Vaccine Information
Center advisor Dr. Marcel Kinsbroune says that intestinal inflammation and
autism are much bigger concerns for those who oppose so many vaccines than
bacterial infections.
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