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Mum's plea: 'Don't miss MMR' jab (From The Argus)
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Mum's plea: 'Don't miss MMR' jab
4:10pm Thursday 17th November 2011 in News By Emily Walker, Chief Reporter
The mother of a boy who nearly died because he had not had the MMR vaccine has urged parents to get their children inoculated.
The mother made the desperate plea following the news of Brighton and Hove’s measles outbreak this week.
She said confusion over the research by Dr Andrew Wakefield in the 1990s, which suggested the jabs could cause autism and bowel cancer, had convinced her not to allow her child to be inoculated.
However the 15-year-old was left in intensive care after being struck down with mumps.
His mother, who asked not to be named, said : "The doctor said to me it that if he didn’t have the MMR he would probably be okay because there would never be an epidemic.
"But this spread of measles shows that too many parents didn’t get the vaccines and children are going to get sick.
“Last year there was a mumps outbreak and my son was in intensive care. This year it’s measles.
"Because I didn’t let him have the MMR he was at risk of diseases that can be fatal. I would say to any parent, ‘Don’t take that risk’.”
Last year Dr Wakefield was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council (GMC) and struck off the general medical register.
The GMC ruled that he acted in a “dishonest”, “misleading” and “irresponsible” way during his research into a possible link between the MMR vaccine, bowel disease and autism.
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Comments(21)
UppityPrimate
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4:56pm Thu 17 Nov 11
interesting side effects of mumps not experienced as frequently or severely by children.. it can cause swelling in other places than just the neck.
if you don't want to run the risk of your son spending a week in hospital sampling the joys of injections into the buttocks, suppository painkillers, and 24/7 burning agony with a testicle the size of a small lemon and a question mark over his ability to procreate, LET THEM GET THE DARNED JAB.
Hove Central
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6:05pm Thu 17 Nov 11
UppityPrimate wrote:Exactly. To do otherwise is irresponsible.
to add to this, as someone who wasn't allowed the jab as a kid, i was fortunate (ha. ha.) enough to contract mumps at the age of 21.
interesting side effects of mumps not experienced as frequently or severely by children.. it can cause swelling in other places than just the neck.
if you don't want to run the risk of your son spending a week in hospital sampling the joys of injections into the buttocks, suppository painkillers, and 24/7 burning agony with a testicle the size of a small lemon and a question mark over his ability to procreate, LET THEM GET THE DARNED JAB.
Informedperson
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6:13pm Thu 17 Nov 11
a person
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6:21pm Thu 17 Nov 11
Please if you have a child with a cold or cough then do not send them to school ,
or take them on a bus or to the supermarket..
Also if any adult has a cold or cough then please stay at home .
Do not go around spreading your germs or your childs germs everywhere.
You may think it is just a cold but it could cause serious side effects or even be a
potentially fatal infectious disease to someone else .
We should all be aware of the danger of it sweeping across Brighton and Hove and all
Infected people should stay at home .
Spurs1965
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6:48pm Thu 17 Nov 11
1. Did not have a suppressed immune system... Very very fit.... Contracted the disease whilst playing semi pro football in Southampton.
2. Mother was concerned about the comments made by the "Mad Comments" made by the so called professional in the field that was proved so very wrong!
3. Mother felt so gulity after what happened due to the MMR not being given to her child and that he was so very ill and nearly died that as soon as he recovered had him vacinated!
4. Mother would urge other Mothers to have all children vacinated as it weighs out the complications of these infectious diseases spreading!
Servalan
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7:18pm Thu 17 Nov 11
ShorehamBeachcomber
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9:34pm Thu 17 Nov 11
Informedperson wrote:As you don't know the difference between 'effect' and 'affect' I think 'unimformed' would be more appropriate
Could we at least have details of this boys previous health, whether he'd recieved other vaccines etc. Also whether he was immune supressed. Why was he hospitalised? This is scaremongering at it's worst and we're given so little information. Healthy kids don't have serious complications if disease is treated properly, my daughter is testament to this, she was fine with measles and her health was far better afterwards. In Chinese medicine measles is seen as a necessary disease and children develope flourish afterwards. My homeopath has helped me throughout my daughters life if l've had any physical os emotional problems, she's never had antibiotics.
To balance this article we should hear about the parents who have children who are effected by vaccines, this is too one-sided and not enough information.
Servalan
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10:29pm Thu 17 Nov 11
Informedperson
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11:32pm Thu 17 Nov 11
Servalan
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11:41pm Thu 17 Nov 11
Informedperson wrote:Yes, precisely, that's why populations have plummeted across the planet after the elimination of infectious diseases such as smallpox, polio and dyptheria...
Maybe having children vaccinated is a way of reducing the increasingly overcrowded planet? Darwinism via poisoning?
...OH WAIT!
Hotbeans
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9:11am Fri 18 Nov 11
Servalan wrote:Except that deaths from measles plummeted BEFORE the vaccine was introduced.
Informedperson wrote:Yes, precisely, that's why populations have plummeted across the planet after the elimination of infectious diseases such as smallpox, polio and dyptheria...
Maybe having children vaccinated is a way of reducing the increasingly overcrowded planet? Darwinism via poisoning?
...OH WAIT!
Luke72
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9:16am Fri 18 Nov 11
Servalan
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10:03am Fri 18 Nov 11
Hotbeans wrote:Just because it says that on David Ikye's website doesn't mean it's true :)
Servalan wrote:Except that deaths from measles plummeted BEFORE the vaccine was introduced.
Informedperson wrote:Yes, precisely, that's why populations have plummeted across the planet after the elimination of infectious diseases such as smallpox, polio and dyptheria...
Maybe having children vaccinated is a way of reducing the increasingly overcrowded planet? Darwinism via poisoning?
...OH WAIT!
I suppose you also want the chlorination of water banned, so we can all get nice natural cholera again?
Servalan
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11:13am Fri 18 Nov 11
Informedperson
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12:37pm Fri 18 Nov 11
Servalan
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1:00pm Fri 18 Nov 11
Informedperson wrote:This is total broken logic, just part of the bogus "Freedom of Choice" dogma of capitalism ... apparently "every parent" (no matter how many O-levels they failed) should have the right to read a rubbish random selection of tertiary sources about vaccination, heedless of their currency or bias, and "make their own judgement", as if 2 + 2 can indeed equal 5 if you're "worth it".
All l'm saying is every parent should read through vaccine inserts before a vaccine is given, ask the doctor or nurse to show you. All good parents check information on the leaflet inside any medicine before they administer it to themselves or their children. Also l'd suggest reading up about it, there are lots of good books available, some written by doctors on the subject. Then at least you know what could happen if you do vaccinate, and you'll also be aware of actual facts rather than newspaper articles based on not much at all. Everyone has the right to choose whether to vaccinate their own child as the parent has to live with the consequences whatever that might be. Please feel free to point out any spelling mistakes etc. :)
Drivel! The research was already done decades ago. The risks of an adverse reaction to a vaccine are orders of magnitude smaller than the risk of an epidemic of the disease. In fact they're probably considerably smaller than the risk of being run over by a bus on the way to the GP's surgery. The end!
Ced
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4:46pm Fri 18 Nov 11
Servalan
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5:07pm Fri 18 Nov 11
Ced wrote:Yes but I have to say it again - just because you read about it on David Icke's website DOESN'T MAKE IT TRUE!
However lets look beyond the hype and emotional blackmail and scaremogering here to the facts. In a recent Mumps outbreak in Wales over 90% of those who contracted the disease had had the MMR vaccine. 20 of the 23 cases were fully immunised with 2 doses of MMR. Most of the cases should have been among the non vaccinated if they were telling the truth about the vaccines efficacy. Look at the facts not the hype and the emotional non scientific drama. the vaccine also as it only offers non life long protection means adults are more prone to it later life when it is more serious.
Informedperson
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5:50pm Fri 18 Nov 11
My facts are sourced from the BMJ, Lancet, Scientific Papers, where do you obtain your information? You really do have some 'issues', l'd get down to the doctor for some anti-psychotic meds, or at least some Diazepam, that should help. Chip on shoulder, much?
Servalan
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9:33pm Fri 18 Nov 11
Informedperson says...
4:46pm Thu 17 Nov 11
To balance this article we should hear about the parents who have children who are effected by vaccines, this is too one-sided and not enough information.