councillor demands vax action
Dublin Workers Party councillor, Eilis Ryan, has called for mandatory measles, mumps and rubella injection for school children .
“There has been a clear spike in mumps amongst teenagers born in the period when bogus research linking MMR to autism was published , Cllr Ryan said.
Cllr Ryan's call came after nearly 400 cases were reported this year – including 64 last week.
“Figures released by the HSE today showed that the number to date in 2019 is six times higher than during the same period last year
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Jump To Comment: 1The antivax movement’s untruths have reached the Ukraine .Antivax propaganda has persuaded significant sections of the country’s population not to vaccinate their children with disasterous results .
Ukraine’s Ministry of Health announced last Wednesday that eight people had died of measles so far in 2019.
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