A risky move that may revive parents' fears

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Leading article: A risky move that may revive parents' fears

Published: 12 June 2006

One has to hope the General Medical Council knew what it was doing when it

decided to bring charges against the doctor behind the boycott of the MMR

vaccine, as this newspaper reveals today. Serious professional misconduct is

about as bad a charge as its gets, and if the charges are made to stick

Wakefield may well be struck off.

Many members of the medical profession, not to mention parents who were

appalled by the panic he generated, might cheer such an outcome to the

rafters.

Article Length: 379 words (approx.)