The symptoms of MMR scares have cropped up regularly over the past years, each time causing parents to lose further confidence in the safety of the combined jab. Now many are calling for three single jabs to be freely available, even though there has been little research to prove that this is a safer option.
At the moment, parents are faced with a terrible dilemma of vaccinating or not -either course of action could cause damage to their child, it seems. More solid information is needed urgently, as is more research, plus the option of single jabs for those who would prefer them. It is no good the Government just insisting that all children should be vaccinated - if there is a risk, then that should be spelled out and quantified. Until parents feel properly informed, there will be no cure for outbreaks of MMR stories.
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