2nd article BBC news on MMR Compulsory

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So O'Leary's losing funding or somehting?

Sheri

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The comments come just hours after one of the key researchers in the MMR

safety debate issued a statement saying the triple vaccine is safe.

Professor O'Leary, of Trinity College Dublin, has investigated studies

suggesting a link between the vaccine and autism.

He has been widely reported as being against the three-in-one vaccine.

But in a statement, he denied his studies ever suggested MMR was unsafe.

" This research in no way establishes any link between the MMR vaccine and

autism, " he said.

" We advocate the use of MMR to protect children from measles, mumps and

rubella. "

He added: " It is wrong for parents not to immunise their children. "

Another version

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/health/2002/bma_conference/newsid_

2085000/2085830.stm

Wednesday, 3 July, 2002, 13:54 GMT 14:54 UK

MMR 'should be compulsory'

Uptake of MMR has fallen

Doctors are to consider whether parents should be forced to have their

children vaccinated against mumps, measles and rubella.

The move was proposed at the British Medical Association's annual meeting

in Harrogate on Wednesday.

Officials will now draw up a report on the advantages and disadvantages of

mandatory immunisations and vaccinations.

It is wrong for parents not to immunise their children

Professor O'Leary, Trinity College Dublin

Doctors had called for compulsory immunisation unless there are clear

medical reasons against it.

It follows concern about falling uptake of MMR and a recent rise in measles

cases.

Safety fears

Many parents have refused to allow their children to be given the

three-in-one vaccine after a study suggested it may be linked to autism.

Statistics from the Public Health Laboratory Service, published last month,

show just 70% of 16 month-olds received MMR vaccinations in March - down 6%

since the end of last year and well below the government's target of 95%.

Some doctors believe the UK should follow the example of other countries by

making MMR vaccination compulsory.

In the US and New Zealand, children who have not had the MMR jab cannot go

to school.

Canada, Barbados and some Scandinavian countries also have compulsory MMR

vaccination.

Mayor under attack

Doctors at the conference criticised comments by London Mayor Ken

Livingstone earlier this week advising parents against allowing their child

to have the triple vaccine.

Mr Livingstone was criticised by doctors

BMA chairman Dr Ian Bogle said: " I don't tell him how to run London and he

should certainly not advise and confuse parents in this way. "

He added: " He will have done irreparable damage, damage that takes a long

time to put right. "

The comments come just hours after one of the key researchers in the MMR

safety debate issued a statement saying the triple vaccine is safe.

Professor O'Leary, of Trinity College Dublin, has investigated studies

suggesting a link between the vaccine and autism.

He has been widely reported as being against the three-in-one vaccine.

But in a statement, he denied his studies ever suggested MMR was unsafe.

" This research in no way establishes any link between the MMR vaccine and

autism, " he said.

" We advocate the use of MMR to protect children from measles, mumps and

rubella. "

He added: " It is wrong for parents not to immunise their children. "

'No link'

Dr Simon Fradd, of the BMA, welcomed the statement.

" It means there is no link between Crohn's, autism and the MMR vaccine.

" It means we needn't put children at risk. Parents can now with confidence

have their children immunised against these dreadful diseases. "

Dr Bogle added: " The scientific evidence shows that MMR is the way forward

to give maximum protection to children in this country. "

Earlier this week, doctors attending the conference called for the payments

they receive for vaccinating children against mumps, measles and rubella to

be scrapped.

They said the payments meant many parents did not trust them to give

impartial advice on the safety of the vaccine.

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Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA

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