![]() ![]() Leading scientists have since debunked Dr Wakefield's claims and rates of uptake are creeping back to recommended levels - except in London, where a quarter of children are still not vaccinated.Įxperts say the scare is directly responsible for the recent surge in measles cases. Take-up of the triple jab - which also protects against mumps and rubella - plummeted to 80 per cent after Dr Andrew Wakefield claimed it was linked to autism and bowel problems. This is the worst outbreak since the controversial MMR vaccine was introduced in 1988. The unprecedented warning from the Health Protection Agency came as the number of children suffering from the disease trebled over the last 11 weeks. Denial has real consequences- MMR plea by doctors as measles cases treble in 11 weeks: Parents have been urged to give their children the MMR vaccine as it was revealed Britain is in the middle of the worst measles outbreak for 20 years. ![]()
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