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'Not too late yet'

'Get Your Child Immunised'

Updated: 05:30, Tuesday June 27, 2006

Thirty leading experts have called for a line to be drawn under any supposed link between the MMR vaccine and autism.

They say parents have been "confused and dangerously misled" over the risks associated with the triple jab.

The vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella.

A few months ago a child died from measles in Britain for the first time since 1992.

The experts warned that if the current low levels of immunisation continued, more children will become ill and die.

"It is not too late to avert this predictable tragedy," they write in an open letter.

"It is time that due weight is given to the overwhelming body of scientific evidence in favour of the vaccine.

The letter was prompted by a recent flurry of media reports reigniting concerns about the safety of MMR,

"We are now faced with a potentially serious situation," say the experts.

"Years of low uptake mean large numbers of unprotected children are now entering school.

"Unless this is rectified urgently, and children are immunised, there will be further outbreaks and more unnecessary deaths."