The United Kingdom says it will take steps to halt the spread of misinformation about vaccines as a result of losing its 'measles-free' status after the highly infectious disease was declared eliminated in the country three years ago.
The United Kingdom says it will take steps to halt the spread of misinformation about vaccines as a result of losing its"measles-free" status after the highly infectious disease was declared eliminated in the country three years ago.
Measles, which is almost entirely preventable with two doses of vaccine, is making a comeback globally. In the first half of the year, there have been almost three times as many cases as the same time last year. Cases globally are at the highest level since 2006, according to the World Health Organization."After a period of progress where we were once able to declare Britain measles free, we've now seen hundreds of cases of measles in the UK this year.
"We are still suffering from the now entirely debunked MMR scandal of the nineties, and it is potentially disastrous that as a result so many young people are now susceptible to serious, often life-threatening infectious diseases, such as measles, that we could have completely eradicated in this country if this had never happened," said Prof. Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
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