MMR is the Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccination. Many people will probable recall the furore a few years ago after a doctor declared there was a link beween autism and bowel disorders and the MMR jab.
This contention was never peer-reviewed and has not been replicated since, despite vast resources being thrown at it in light of the public health crisis that resulted. Andrew Wakefield, the consultant at the centre of the claims has since been investigated for unethical research practices.
As a consequence of poor management of the story by medical bodies and the government, and a hysterical, science illiterate public desperate to believe the scaremongering, thousands of children were not innoculated against these diseases - diseases which in rare cases can actually be fatal.
In February 2008, another research team led by London's Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital looked at any differences in the immune response from the MMR jab to see if that could have triggered autism. Researchers looked at 240 children aged 10 to 12. They found no difference between children with autism and those without, and concluded the study showed there was no link.
Olivia's been for her MMR jab today. She didn't like it one bit, and she's been fractous to say the least since. She's still had it done.
This contention was never peer-reviewed and has not been replicated since, despite vast resources being thrown at it in light of the public health crisis that resulted. Andrew Wakefield, the consultant at the centre of the claims has since been investigated for unethical research practices.
As a consequence of poor management of the story by medical bodies and the government, and a hysterical, science illiterate public desperate to believe the scaremongering, thousands of children were not innoculated against these diseases - diseases which in rare cases can actually be fatal.
In February 2008, another research team led by London's Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital looked at any differences in the immune response from the MMR jab to see if that could have triggered autism. Researchers looked at 240 children aged 10 to 12. They found no difference between children with autism and those without, and concluded the study showed there was no link.
Olivia's been for her MMR jab today. She didn't like it one bit, and she's been fractous to say the least since. She's still had it done.
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