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We are having a flaming debate here:

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From: Sheri Nakken

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Has anyone ever heard such a hysterical headline? And each time

they drag up that poor boy who died from complications of measles and who

had a -pre-existing medical condition that made him vulnerable....

I'm looking for a brick wall to bang my head against!

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Measles-Outbreak-Mass-Vaccination-To-Prevent-Deaths-From-Cheshire-Epidemic/Article/200811415165895?f=rss

Mass Jabs To Stop Measles Deaths

1:23pm UK, Saturday November 29, 2008

May, North of England correspondent

A measles outbreak is threatening lives, prompting a mass

vaccination programme in one of the country's worst-hit

areas.

Cases of the disease are soaring across England and Wales

Doctors are preparing to immunise residents in a small corner of east

Cheshire around Crewe, where almost 70 cases have been reported this

year.

The alarming figures are worse than anywhere in England and Wales outside

London.

Dr Ayo Oyinolye, from Cheshire Health Protection Unit, told Sky News:

" The outbreak here is not showing any signs of tailing off.

" If we don't respond the infection will grow, and in the worst case

scenario, we will see one or two deaths and many children suffering

serious side effects from the disease. "

Teams of nurses will vaccinate up to 10,500 children in 177 primary

schools and 33 secondary schools. The jab will also be offered to young

staff members.

Measles cases are soaring across England and Wales with 1,049 confirmed

cases so far this year, surpassing last year's total of 990.

Dr Rosemary McCann, from the Health Protection Agency, said:

" Britain is on the cusp of a measles epidemic because a large cohort

of children and teenagers missed out on MMR vaccination over the past

five to 10 years. "

In 2006, a 13-year old boy from north west England became the first

person in the UK to die of the virus in 14 years.

Last August the Chief Medical Officer announced an MMR catch-up

programme, urging Primary Care Trusts and GPs to identify individuals not

yet vaccinated.

As a result of the recent outbreak in Cheshire, the local Health

Protection Unit has written to parents seeking urgent consent for their

children to be immunised.

Dr Oyinolye said: " This is a big step but it's a nasty disease which

is avoidable.

" So long as MMR uptake is low, we have a large number of children

who are not immune…the virus can easily spread across the

country. "

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Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales

UK

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