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  • A fate worse than death

    My father was fond of the expression 'A fate worse than death'.  I think it was something to do with the way we Brits would have been treated had the Nazi hordes invaded in the Second World War. I was wondering if similar thoughts have been going through the minds of devout parents in the UK who have refused to have their teenage ...
    Posted to Adverse Reactions (Weblog) by bshubbard on April 25, 2008
  • Mumps: The second sequel

    Is anybody noticing a pattern here? In 1977, children started receiving a one-dose mumps vaccine.  Initially, rates of mumps fell dramatically, and health officials were congratulating themselves that they were on the road to eradicating another disease. Then, in the late 1980s, there were unexpected outbreaks of mumps among adolescents and ...
    Posted to Adverse Reactions (Weblog) by bshubbard on April 11, 2008
  • MMR: It's safe when you remove the damaged kids

    Around 7,000 American families have joined a very long queue to try and win a cash settlement after their children suffered permanent, or longterm, damage from one of the 'safe' vaccines such as the MMR.  To win their case with the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VCIP), the families must prove a direct causal link between the ...
    Posted to Adverse Reactions (Weblog) by bshubbard on October 26, 2007
  • MMR: The myth of the herd

    Health experts are concerned that the uptake of the MMR vaccine is still far too low to provide ‘herd immunity’ for the population.  Vaccination levels have risen to 85 per cent overall following the autism scare - but they are still well below the 95 per cent recommended by the World Health Organization in order to achieve global ...
    Posted to Adverse Reactions (Weblog) by bshubbard on September 28, 2007
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