Re: Government blamed for 'biggest measles outbreak for 20 years'

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Tell the people they have to buy the PInto and won't improve the car even as numerous people refuse to buy/use the car.

Great strategy.

Government monopoly in action!!!!

Government blamed for 'biggest measles outbreak for 20 years'

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Government blamed for 'biggest measles outbreak for 20 years'

Publisher: Ian Published: 15/06/2006 - 08:16:47 AM

A baby with measles

The Government's failure to maintain public confidence in the controversial MMR jab has been blamed for what health experts say is the biggest outbreak of measles for 20 years.

Dr English, consultant at the Surrey and Sussex Health Protection Agency (HPA), said England was in the grip of the biggest outbreak of measles since the triple MMR jab was introduced in 1988.

Shadow health secretary Lansley blamed the Government for the outbreak, saying its failure to maintain public confidence in the MMR jab had "directly" led to the outbreak.

He said: "Where there is a persistent failure to secure sufficient take-up of MMR to provide population wide protection, we have made it clear the Government should consider whether to investigate protocols for single jabs.

"It would be better, however, if everyone understood that the MMR jab is safe and accepted immunisation for their children."

He said both his children have had their MMR jabs.

Parents are being warned to immunise their children against the disease which claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy earlier this year.

The Health Protection Agency said outbreaks in Surrey, Sussex and Yorkshire since January ran into the hundreds, compared to a national total of 77 cases in England and Wales last year.

Specialists have been predicting a surge in cases for some time since people were put off having their children vaccinated with the triple measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab over fears it could bring on autism or bowel problems.

Department of Health figures for 2004-05 showed that in Westminster, London, just 11.7% of children were immunised by their fifth birthday while the average across England was 73.3%.

Dr English said yesterday that since January there have been 106 confirmed cases in Surrey and Sussex, with 50 more cases unconfirmed.

He said his was not the only area - in South Yorkshire there could be as many as 80 cases - 40 already confirmed.

"We haven't had an outbreak as big as this in this country since the MMR jab was introduced in 1988," he said.

"If you look at the Surrey figures alone, that is bigger than anything we've had previously.

"We are not surprised to see the outbreak because this is a population with a lot of people now susceptible to the disease due to a low uptake of the MMR injection, and measles is highly contagious."

In a letter sent out to parents recently, the Surrey and Sussex HPA warned that a 13-year-old boy had recently died in the north of the country due to measles and that the disease itself brings on breathing difficulties, diarrhoea, ear, lung and eye infections and, in more serious cases, swelling of the brain.

Dr English is now urging parents to ensure their child has not only the first injection at one year old, but also the second booster injection within 18 months, since one in 10 don't respond to the first.

He said that at present, about 70-80% of people had the first jab but only 60-75% have the second. To stop the outbreak spreading, 93% need to have had both.

If action is not taken fast, he said, there could be an outbreak on the scale of the 2000 Dublin case, where two children died and hundreds were hospitalised.

The news of the outbreak comes just days after the General Medical Council said that Dr Wakefield, the controversial doctor who sparked the MMR vaccine scare, could face a charge of serious professional misconduct.

Dr Wakefield's research, published in The Lancet in 1998, suggested a link between the MMR jab and autism and bowel problems.

Public concern led to uptake of the vaccine for children aged under two falling from around 92% in 1995/96 to 82% in 2002/03.

But now the GMC has drawn up preliminary charges that Dr Wakefield published "inadequately founded" research, failed to obtain ethical committee approval, obtained funding "improperly" and subjected children to "unnecessary and invasive investigations", according to a report in the Independent on Monday.

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Note that GB has informed consent regarding vaccinations.

The consumers are changing the debate and will get what they want or will simply walk away.

And quite appropriately, the government will be blamed.

That's how you change the debate about all of this.

Government blamed for 'biggest measles outbreak for 20 years'

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Government blamed for 'biggest measles outbreak for 20 years'

Publisher: Ian Published: 15/06/2006 - 08:16:47 AM

A baby with measles

The Government's failure to maintain public confidence in the controversial MMR jab has been blamed for what health experts say is the biggest outbreak of measles for 20 years.

Dr English, consultant at the Surrey and Sussex Health Protection Agency (HPA), said England was in the grip of the biggest outbreak of measles since the triple MMR jab was introduced in 1988.

Shadow health secretary Lansley blamed the Government for the outbreak, saying its failure to maintain public confidence in the MMR jab had "directly" led to the outbreak.

He said: "Where there is a persistent failure to secure sufficient take-up of MMR to provide population wide protection, we have made it clear the Government should consider whether to investigate protocols for single jabs.

"It would be better, however, if everyone understood that the MMR jab is safe and accepted immunisation for their children."

He said both his children have had their MMR jabs.

Parents are being warned to immunise their children against the disease which claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy earlier this year.

The Health Protection Agency said outbreaks in Surrey, Sussex and Yorkshire since January ran into the hundreds, compared to a national total of 77 cases in England and Wales last year.

Specialists have been predicting a surge in cases for some time since people were put off having their children vaccinated with the triple measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab over fears it could bring on autism or bowel problems.

Department of Health figures for 2004-05 showed that in Westminster, London, just 11.7% of children were immunised by their fifth birthday while the average across England was 73.3%.

Dr English said yesterday that since January there have been 106 confirmed cases in Surrey and Sussex, with 50 more cases unconfirmed.

He said his was not the only area - in South Yorkshire there could be as many as 80 cases - 40 already confirmed.

"We haven't had an outbreak as big as this in this country since the MMR jab was introduced in 1988," he said.

"If you look at the Surrey figures alone, that is bigger than anything we've had previously.

"We are not surprised to see the outbreak because this is a population with a lot of people now susceptible to the disease due to a low uptake of the MMR injection, and measles is highly contagious."

In a letter sent out to parents recently, the Surrey and Sussex HPA warned that a 13-year-old boy had recently died in the north of the country due to measles and that the disease itself brings on breathing difficulties, diarrhoea, ear, lung and eye infections and, in more serious cases, swelling of the brain.

Dr English is now urging parents to ensure their child has not only the first injection at one year old, but also the second booster injection within 18 months, since one in 10 don't respond to the first.

He said that at present, about 70-80% of people had the first jab but only 60-75% have the second. To stop the outbreak spreading, 93% need to have had both.

If action is not taken fast, he said, there could be an outbreak on the scale of the 2000 Dublin case, where two children died and hundreds were hospitalised.

The news of the outbreak comes just days after the General Medical Council said that Dr Wakefield, the controversial doctor who sparked the MMR vaccine scare, could face a charge of serious professional misconduct.

Dr Wakefield's research, published in The Lancet in 1998, suggested a link between the MMR jab and autism and bowel problems.

Public concern led to uptake of the vaccine for children aged under two falling from around 92% in 1995/96 to 82% in 2002/03.

But now the GMC has drawn up preliminary charges that Dr Wakefield published "inadequately founded" research, failed to obtain ethical committee approval, obtained funding "improperly" and subjected children to "unnecessary and invasive investigations", according to a report in the Independent on Monday.

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A rather testy position. In Iowa the mumps outbreak hit the fully MMR vaccinated the hardest. Does anybody know where to get the specifics on this UK measles run? What exactly are the uptake statistics for these measles patients? Before blame can be placed they need to produce proof. A percentage of unavoidable cases, meaning how many people with MMR history are finding themselves with the measles right now would be interesting to see.

Can anyone in the UK help direct me to the statistics?

Just because there's a measles run going on doesn't necessarily mean not vaccinating deserves blame.

Government blamed for 'biggest measles outbreak for 20 years'

http://www.24dash.com/content/news/viewNews.php?navID=47 & newsID=6912

Government blamed for 'biggest measles outbreak for 20 years'

Publisher: Ian Published: 15/06/2006 - 08:16:47 AM

A baby with measles

The Government's failure to maintain public confidence in the controversial MMR jab has been blamed for what health experts say is the biggest outbreak of measles for 20 years.

Dr English, consultant at the Surrey and Sussex Health Protection Agency (HPA), said England was in the grip of the biggest outbreak of measles since the triple MMR jab was introduced in 1988.

Shadow health secretary Lansley blamed the Government for the outbreak, saying its failure to maintain public confidence in the MMR jab had "directly" led to the outbreak.

He said: "Where there is a persistent failure to secure sufficient take-up of MMR to provide population wide protection, we have made it clear the Government should consider whether to investigate protocols for single jabs.

"It would be better, however, if everyone understood that the MMR jab is safe and accepted immunisation for their children."

He said both his children have had their MMR jabs.

Parents are being warned to immunise their children against the disease which claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy earlier this year.

The Health Protection Agency said outbreaks in Surrey, Sussex and Yorkshire since January ran into the hundreds, compared to a national total of 77 cases in England and Wales last year.

Specialists have been predicting a surge in cases for some time since people were put off having their children vaccinated with the triple measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab over fears it could bring on autism or bowel problems.

Department of Health figures for 2004-05 showed that in Westminster, London, just 11.7% of children were immunised by their fifth birthday while the average across England was 73.3%.

Dr English said yesterday that since January there have been 106 confirmed cases in Surrey and Sussex, with 50 more cases unconfirmed.

He said his was not the only area - in South Yorkshire there could be as many as 80 cases - 40 already confirmed.

"We haven't had an outbreak as big as this in this country since the MMR jab was introduced in 1988," he said.

"If you look at the Surrey figures alone, that is bigger than anything we've had previously.

"We are not surprised to see the outbreak because this is a population with a lot of people now susceptible to the disease due to a low uptake of the MMR injection, and measles is highly contagious."

In a letter sent out to parents recently, the Surrey and Sussex HPA warned that a 13-year-old boy had recently died in the north of the country due to measles and that the disease itself brings on breathing difficulties, diarrhoea, ear, lung and eye infections and, in more serious cases, swelling of the brain.

Dr English is now urging parents to ensure their child has not only the first injection at one year old, but also the second booster injection within 18 months, since one in 10 don't respond to the first.

He said that at present, about 70-80% of people had the first jab but only 60-75% have the second. To stop the outbreak spreading, 93% need to have had both.

If action is not taken fast, he said, there could be an outbreak on the scale of the 2000 Dublin case, where two children died and hundreds were hospitalised.

The news of the outbreak comes just days after the General Medical Council said that Dr Wakefield, the controversial doctor who sparked the MMR vaccine scare, could face a charge of serious professional misconduct.

Dr Wakefield's research, published in The Lancet in 1998, suggested a link between the MMR jab and autism and bowel problems.

Public concern led to uptake of the vaccine for children aged under two falling from around 92% in 1995/96 to 82% in 2002/03.

But now the GMC has drawn up preliminary charges that Dr Wakefield published "inadequately founded" research, failed to obtain ethical committee approval, obtained funding "improperly" and subjected children to "unnecessary and invasive investigations", according to a report in the Independent on Monday.

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