BBC-UK 'in grip of measles outbreak' -June14

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And here we go....pre-programmed to coincide with Wakefield's official vilification process.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5081286.stm

UK 'in grip of measles outbreak'

Health experts are blaming low uptake of the MMR vaccineMeasles outbreaks have put Britain in the biggest grip of the disease in nearly 20 years, experts have said. Surrey and Sussex could have up to 156 cases and South Yorkshire may have 180. Last year there were just 77 cases across the whole of England and Wales. A health agency blames low uptake of the MMR vaccine. Meanwhile, the doctor who suggested MMR was linked to autism may face a misconduct charge. A boy's death from the disease in April was the first UK fatality in 14 years.

The Surrey and Sussex Health Protection Agency (HPA) said there had been 106 confirmed cases in the two counties with 50 more unconfirmed. In Doncaster alone there have been 100 reported cases, with as many as 80 further cases elsewhere in South Yorkshire.

Dr Wakefield could face a misconduct hearing over MMRDr English, consultant at the HPA, said: "We haven't had an outbreak as big as this in this country since the MMR jab was introduced in 1988." He said the outbreak was not a surprise as low MMR uptake had left "a lot of people now susceptible to the disease". Parents have been warned the highly-contagious disease could bring on breathing difficulties, diarrhoea, ear, lung and eye infections and even swelling of the brain. Dr English, urging parents to ensure their children have the initial vaccine and the booster jab, said without fast action there could be an outbreak similar to that in Dublin in 2000, when two children died and hundreds were hospitalised. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Dr Wakefield, the doctor who first suggested a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, could be charged with serious professional misconduct.