OK, wading in with a little trepidation... in the UK at least, part of the problem was that the vaccine was only offered in its batched triple version, at least through the NHS. Single vaccines were and are available privately, and they're not cheap. Hence the issue of whether the triple vaccine was overloading youngsters' systems was blown into a question, for many, of whether or not to vaccinate at all, rather than whether to opt for the single vaccines. Anecdotal evidence suggested that TPTB tried to reduce even private availability of these vaccines.
And at the height of this, the PM refused to confirm whether he had had his own infact son vaccinated...
Again anecdotally, there are individuals who have been compensated by the UK Govt for damage done by the vaccine, and other indiciduals who will swear that their childrens' behaviour changed after the vaccine, and that said children were later diagnosed as autism.
I may not believe Andrew Wakefield, but that doesn't mean I believe the Govt either. They have a track record of lying.
I'm not anti-vaccine. I had my youngest given the single vaccines, the ones without mercury in.
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Date: 2011-01-06 09:05 pm (UTC)And at the height of this, the PM refused to confirm whether he had had his own infact son vaccinated...
Again anecdotally, there are individuals who have been compensated by the UK Govt for damage done by the vaccine, and other indiciduals who will swear that their childrens' behaviour changed after the vaccine, and that said children were later diagnosed as autism.
I may not believe Andrew Wakefield, but that doesn't mean I believe the Govt either. They have a track record of lying.
I'm not anti-vaccine. I had my youngest given the single vaccines, the ones without mercury in.