The continuing resistance by a certain kind of mummy to vaccination is selfish, ignorant and downright dangerous
Catherine Bennett
The Observer
Over a decade since Dr Andrew Wakefield raised unfounded fears about the safety of the MMR vaccination, it emerges that many British parents are still denying their children the combined jab against measles, mumps and rubella. A suspicion evidently remains that, as Wakefield baselessly informed a generation of terrified parents, the jab may somehow be an "environmental trigger" for autism.
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Understandably, this resistance has exhausted the patience of Sir Sandy Macara, former chairman of the BMA. "Our attempts to persuade people have failed," he said last week, explaining why he has submitted a proposal for mandatary vaccination for debate at the forthcoming BMA conference. "The suggestion," he says, "is that we ought to consider making a link which would make it compulsory for children to be immunised if they are to receive the benefit of a free education from the state."
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