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http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2002%2F02%2F04%2Fnmmr04.sml
80pc are opposed to MMR triple jab
By Hamida Ghafour
(Filed: 04/02/2002)
The Telegraph, United Kingdom
CONTROVERSY over the MMR vaccine continued to plague the
Government yesterday, as an NOP poll revealed that eight out of 10 people
believed parents should be given an alternative to the triple jab.
Of those surveyed, 38 per cent were not happy with how the
Government has handled the campaign to get parents to vaccinate children
against measles, mumps and rubella.
The findings come as Tony Blair faces growing criticism
for refusing to reveal whether his son Leo has had the triple jab. An admission
by Mr Blair that Leo had had the MMR vaccine could boost shrinking public
confidence and help to prevent an outbreak of measles.
The Public Health Laboratory has warned that take-up of
MMR has dropped below 85 per cent, but experts say that 95 per cent of the
population must be vaccinated to prevent an epidemic.
According to the poll, commissioned by ITV’s Tonight with
Trevor McDonald, to be broadcast this evening, parents believe they are being “condescended
to” and “patronised” by Mr Blair.
Carol Vorderman, the television presenter who refused to
give her four-year-old son the jab because her daughter had become ill after receiving
the vaccine, will say on the programme: “It is a scandal that we are not given
the option of single vaccinations. It’s a simple thing.”
In the survey, 55 per cent of 1,000 respondents also said
Mr Blair should say whether his son was given the jab, and 85 per cent said the
health service should offer a choice between the triple vaccine, and separate injections.
Dr Kenneth Aitken, a specialist in the treatment of
autism, believes there is a clear link between autism and the MMR jab.
“When I was training, one in 2,500 [children were
autistic]. Now it is one in 250. At the moment, the only logical explanation
for this is MMR,” he said.
But there are fears that reluctance to vaccinate could
lead to an outbreak of measles. Three children in south London developed
measles last week and another 22 are being investigated.
Meanwhile, a Scottish Executive study on the apparent rise
in autism among children who have had the MMR jab has been delayed by a “matter
of weeks”.
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