epetition for single measles mumps rubella vaccines

[hertsmum3]

epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/46642

An epetition has been set up to campaign for parents to once again have the choice of either MMR or single vaccines for their children.

If you would like to sign up, just copy and paste the link above into your browser and follow the instructions on the website, it only takes a minute or so.

The link can also be found on the JABS website home page.

[coorong]

keep the MMR - nothing wrong with it

[coorong]

I bet a million quid, if they introduced single vaccines, there'd be more complaints about how many appointments each parent would need to get through the schedule .... I'd be in and out of the doctors surgery like a yo yo

[KateSMumsnet]

Morning all,

We will be moving this thread to our petitions noticeboard shortly, as per our rules.

[Beachcomber]

Thanks for this. I will sign it.

The NHS say themselves that the length of the protection given by the MMR is different for each virus and I think people shouldn't have to have a triple vaccine each time they need to be protected against one virus. (a teenage girl who may not be protected against rubella but who is against mumps and measles for example. Why give three vaccines when she only needs one?)

The singles should never have been withdrawn in the first place - then the government wouldn't be facing a 'loss of confidence' situation now.

[EhricLovesTeamQhuay]

Thanks
It's ok, it was a long time ago. But I tell people about it to try to challenge the idea that mumps is a mild childhood illness because it's not. Not to mention that is can cause sterility in adult men.

[CatherinaJTV]

((((ELTQ))))

[EhricLovesTeamQhuay]

My parents believed that I only needed to be vaccinated against rubella because of the risk to pregnant women. Lots of people think like that. I contracted mumps as an adult and had a miscarriage. I want herd immunity against all three diseases and I believe the mmr is the right way to achieve that.

[EhricLovesTeamQhuay]

The take up would be lower because lots of people would choose the single vaccines who would previously have chosen the mmr, because of some vague notion that they are safer. Then, because you have to have three plus boosters instead of one plus booster, people would forget, leave long periods between jabs, protect against one/two but not all three etc. protection would be lower than it is now.

[sashh]

ALL vaccines carry an element of risk.

So does everything in life. Even drinking water.

[BrienneOfTarth]

Introducing single vaccines would contradict all of the evidence that proves the MMR is safe. It would, imo, unnecessarily undermine confidence in the vaccine.

^ THIS - exactly this.

[EleanorFarjeon]

I would not want my young children to be vulnerable to measles, mumps or rubella for longer than necessary, which would be the case with single vaccines.

I would hate to make them have 6 injections when 2 would be the obvious choice.

We are lucky that we have a well tested, safe & effective combined vaccination available.

Introducing single vaccines would contradict all of the evidence that proves the MMR is safe. It would, imo, unnecessarily undermine confidence in the vaccine.

[Suzieismyname]

So why are you shunning it?

[hertsmum3]

If you read the factsheets issued by the World Health Organisation then you will see that singles are just as effective in protecting against Measles, Mumps and Rubella as the MMR.

[Suzieismyname]

Why woukd MMR not be the right choice but single ones would?

[hertsmum3]

Vaccine manufacturers issue information of possible side effects for all the vaccines, as I mentioned earlier, ALL vaccines carry an element of risk. Have a look at the records for compensation awarded by the Vaccine Damage Compensation Unit.

The Government could always trial single vaccines alongside MMR and do a study as to how effective it was at meeting their 'herd immunity' targets. Then we would know for sure what the outcome was rather than surmising.

It is also misguided to assume that ALL parents shunning the MMR have done so exclusively due to a scare story over 10 years ago.

[TondelayoSchwarzkopf]

You want the government to bribe pharmaceutical companies to make a vaccine that is now obsolete and less effective than the MMR.
Yeah that should play out well.

Agree with Eleanor Farjeon.

[BrienneOfTarth]

The petition to make vaccination madatory is here

Single vaccinations are not a sensible option. Far too many people would start down the single vaccine route and then not stick through the course and end up not protected. It is far more sensible to protect the whole population efficiently with the combined vaccine.

The person who implied the MMR vaccine was not safe was LYING, he was acting dishonestly and cannot be trusted. There is no evidence for any of the allegations he made.

Here is an equivalent scenario:

• On a ferry that is experiencing a spot of trouble such that the crew start advising everyone to put on life vests, someone shouts out "They are trying to kill us - some of these so-called life vests will explode and injure you - don't wear them!". This causes a panic and in the ensuing incident some people who didn't wear life vests drown.
  

• The person who shouts this is shown to be a liar who shouted this for their own ends, with no basis in fact, and was in fact being paid by a competitor of the manufacturer of those life vests. He is later prosecuted and convicted for doing such a terrible thing and risking people's lives by creating a false scare.
  

• Next time you are on a ferry that is experiencing a spot of trouble such that the crew start advising everyone to put on life vests, do you put yours on, or choose not to wear it in case this bloke was telling the truth?

[hertsmum3]

I don't see why it would result in a lower take-up. Parents that are pro MMR would surely still choose MMR, for all the same reasons you are throwing at this thread. Parents that currently choose 'nothing' as MMR is not the right choice for them, would have the option to vaccinate with singles. Why do you think more people would choose not to vaccinate at all. Most people would agree that vaccination is best for your child and the 'herd'.

[GraniaPringle]

What Ehric said

[hertsmum3]

Yes I do believe there is a petition on the website to make vaccines mandatory.

No vaccine is 'perfectly safe', they all come with an element of risk. That is why the Government runs a Vaccine Damage compensation scheme.

It's great that MMR is the right choice for some of you, at least you have been able to vaccinate your kids the way you wanted.

[ladydepp]

Not for me, MMR is safe and provides best coverage for the child and those around them.

[EhricLovesTeamQhuay]

Single vaccines would result in lower take up and therefore lower protection. No thanks.

[EleanorFarjeon]

No thanks. I feel grateful for the MMR.

[stargirl1701]

No, thank you. It is not what is best for public health.

[babyiwantabump]

I'm with wears mink too .

The MMR is safe! There is no need to have the single vaccines! I don't understand why you'd rather stab a poor child repeatedly instead of just twice anyway !