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Online Pros And Cons Of MMR
For many parents
faced with making a decision over whether to vaccinate their children,
the internet is a key source of information.
Thousands of
articles have been published offering conflicting advice, evidence and
supposition about the possible risks associated with the combined
Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine.
Sky News Online has
compiled the following list of ten of the best sites offering information
on this issue:
Results of a study in
Finland into the links between MMR, autism and bowel disease: www.jr2.ox.ac.uk
Results of a US study
into MMR and autism: bmj.com
Raising
questions over MMR:
A website for families
of "vaccine-damaged" children: www.jabs.org.uk
The study by Andrew
Wakefield which first raised fears over MMR jabs: bmj.com
Advice on how to get
separate jabs for Measles, Mumps and Rubella www.singlevaccines.com
A site set up by
parents to campaign for more information and research on the issue: www.desumo.co.uk
The National Autistic
Society which is calling for more research into the issue: www.nas.org.uk
Last
Updated: 17:28 UK, Wednesday February 06, 2002
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AS PROVIDING MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE. THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO
VACCINATE IS AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX ISSUE AND SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU, AND YOU
ALONE, IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
"What's the point of vaccination if it doesn't protect you from the unvaccinated?"
-- Sandy Gottstein
"Who gets to decide what the greater good is and how many will be sacrificed to it?"