UK Med chief warns of extremist attacks on vaccine campaign

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Medical chief warns of extremists' attacking flu vaccination campaign

Rose, Health Correspondent From The Times October 30, 2009

Extremists are attempting to derail the introduction of a national swine flu

vaccination campaign, the country's top doctor has warned.

Sir Liam son, the Chief Medical Officer for England, spoke out against

protests aimed at deterring people from having the jab...

" We have had a lot of unfair public criticism and attacks in an attempt to scare

people about a vaccine that's potentially life-saving, " he added.

" We have seen it before with vaccines like MMR [the combined jab for measles,

mumps and rubella], and now extremists are doing the same thing again. " ...

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