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July 8, 2002

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

"76 Percent Want Public Inquiry on MMR Jab-Survey"

Press Association (UK) (www.pressassociation.press.net) (07/07/02); Hazelwood, Phil

Results from a new ICM poll for the News of the World finds that well over three-quarters of Britons support a full public inquiry into the combined mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) vaccine.  Of 1,001 people surveyed, 76 percent of the respondents said that the facts about the combination shot should be made public.  Of those who questioned the safety of MMR, 55 percent said they believed MMR was safe, down 11 percent from August of last year, while 28 percent said they were not sure and 17 percent said the vaccination was hazardous.  Despite claims of a link between MMR and autism and inflammatory bowel disease by Dr. Andrew Wakefield of the Royal Free Hospital in London, experts from around the world, including the World Health Organization, have found no evidence of any such association, noting that the increase in autism diagnoses comes with greater awareness of the condition.

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