Vaccines are in the news again

January 15, 2001

Hi Folks: Vaccines are in the news again. Woman's Day magazine,

February issue has a column by Dr. Loraine Stern. She claims that

parents are confused by the conflicting information on the vaccine

issue. (she is contributing to the confusion in this article.) Dr.

Stern states that " I can understand why devastated parents would want

to blame a vaccine for their child's distress, and I don't mean to

belittle the tragedy of any serious problem, but a tug at your

heartstrings should not be the basis for rational decisions about your

child's health. For instance the suggestion that MMR could be

connected with autism is based on one report from England of 12 cases

in which parents reported that diagnosis occurred shortly after

vaccination. " She also mentioned " When a US congressman chairs a

hearing on autism, and questions whether the measles, mumps, rebella

(MMR) vaccine leads to the ailment, it's natural to wonder if there is

some truth to it. " This poor woman needs to hear from all 12 of us,

don't you think? I tried to reach them on the internet but the link

is under construction You can write them by snail mail at:

Reader Mail, Woman's Day

1633 Broadway

New York, NY 10019

Cyndi Greene

Gaithersburg, MD

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