There has been a lot of scaremongering in the press about these not being safe. The medical evidence has been very badly reported and distorted as they are safe. The results of not using the vaccination are now showing up as problems with health and well being
Ref Ben Golbacre "Bad Science" and refs cited therein.
daveg
10 Apr 2009, 6:35 PM
Yes I agree wholeheartedly Dr T. I also think that all the mercury fillings they used to shove in our mouths when we were children will/are coming back to haunt us.
cloudy_thoughts
23 Apr 2009, 1:44 AM
"Safe" her means statistically for the population the benefits far outweigh the dangers. The problem with the 'press' is that we listen to them and sometimes behave like a mob waving pitchforks.
Note that I can't blame parents for worrying, or for their anger, especially parent who have lost children. For the policy makers, the decision to intervene to save lives, but to also know that others will die because of that action must be one of the most difficult morel decisions anyone can make.
I'm all for power for the people, but now and then I glad that there are people who make these discussion for us, because it's not a job I could do.
Dr T (Guest)
30 May 2009, 5:45 PM
Outbreak in Brighton-- result of widespread non vaccination.
daveg
31 May 2009, 1:17 PM
All government vaccination programmes have a hidden agenda nowadays. The gov panders to multinational business who want to peddle their drugs.
Now they have lost the trust of the population and this is where it leads.
