Just want to say that Simon Murch is the best doctor I have ever come into contact with with ds. He listened to my concerns (nothing to do with autism btw) and took me seriously and really really helped ds in a way that no other doctor did. He was one of those rare doctors that went the extra mile and seemed to genuinely care. For what it's worth when I was concerned he said ds should definately have the mmr as there were now children dying from measles. This was despite ds having bowel problems already. I am so so sad that he is now facing all these charges and horrible media speculation and I was honestly really upset when he left our hospital. I don't know what happened but I am certain he wouldn't have made anything up. I think it's more likely he listened to concerned parents, took them seriously and decided to do some research. The research findings were not dramatic and were blown up out of all proportion. He never ever said that children should not have the mmr.