Letter:
Our MMR shame
The Independent - United
Kingdom; Jan 11, 2002
BY SUSAN HAMLYN
Sir: If, as Mr Wadeson
suggests, we should "accept the minuscule risk that we may be one of the
unfortunate, rare individuals who suffer an adverse reaction" to the MMR
vaccine (letter, 9 January), then we must also accept the damage done to these
"rare individuals" as a necessary evil in the interests of the majority.
We must also, presumably, acknowledge our responsibility to care for the
damaged individuals according to their medical needs and not force them to
spend years in courts of law, making a case which shames us all.
SUSAN HAMLYN
London W5
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