Measles Epidemic

[mikey4444]

Am I alone in being amazed at the scale of the recent measles epidemic ? Its occurred here in my home town of Swansea, and there appears to be 1000's of children who have been immunised, with 100,000's others around the UK.

Why have the parents not made sure that their kids are properly protected ? The original fuss over the MMR jabs is now a long time ago, having occurred in 1998, and the false reporting has been thoroughly dealt with. So why are the parents of babies born NOW not receiving their jabs ? I would have thought that Doctors, Health Visitors, etc would have been doing their jobs these last few years.

The BBC report today that 1 million kids are going to be targeted in a new campaign ::

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22276975

That sounds like a huge number to me !

[Sqad]

mikey...that is MUSIC to my ears....;-)

[anneasquith]

mike your in music.

[mikey4444]

Sorry sqad, and others...posted in wrong place ( I haven't had my first cup of coffee yet this morning ! )

Reposted in NEWS.

[ummmm]

Easy mistake.

Copy it to news.

[Old_Geezer]

If you opt to miss the jab when the regulation age/time comes along, I expect few bother to go out of their way to get the jab later, until something starts to look urgent. The unimmunised group doesn't surprise me.

[anneasquith]

OG, REPOSTED IN NEWS