‘Faulty facts’ on social media delaying vaccination of children, experts warn

'The risk posed by not vaccinating is far greater than any risk associated with receiving a vaccine,' the report says — but some parents avoid having their children inoculated with vaccines such as the MMR jab.
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Some parents are delaying getting their children vaccinated because of “faulty facts” on social media, a group of medical and scientific experts from the Royal Irish Academy has said.

The experts, who sit on the academy’s life and medical sciences committee, said some parents were “still” listening to false claims made over 20 years ago about the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine causing autism, which were without basis.