Parents being dangerously misled over MMR vaccine, warn experts

THIRTY leading experts in Britain have issued an urgent plea to draw a line under any supposed link between the MMR vaccine and autism.

In an open letter to the media, politicians and health professionals, they said parents had been “confused and dangerously misled” over the risks associated with the triple jab that protects against measles, mumps and rubella.

Only a few months ago, the first death of a child from measles was reported since 1992. The experts warned that if the current low levels of immunisation continued, more children would become ill and die.