MMR vaccine not safe, UK government forced to concede

[Sheri Nakken]

MMR vaccine not safe, UK government forced to concede
http://www.wddty.com/mmr-vaccine-isn-t- ... ncede.html

thank goodness that the Fletchers have finally received some compensation but do you think that £ 90,000 covers anywhere near what they have spent or will spend or compensates for such and injury? ( £ 90,000 is about $145,000 USD at today's exchange rate)
Sheri
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... faced.html

Family win 18 year fight over MMR damage to son: £90,000 payout is first since concerns over vaccine surfaced
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Nadine Dorries, a Conservative MP who sits on the Commons Health Committee, said: "If an independent panel has reached the conclusion that there has been a link between the MMR vaccine and the brain damage suffered by this boy in this case, then it is fair to assume that there could be as many as thousands of children and parents in the same position." ...

The Department of Health said: "This decision reflects the opinion of a tribunal on the specific facts of the case and they were clear that it should not be seen as a precedent for any other case.

"The safety of MMR has been endorsed through numerous studies in many countries."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healt ... fight.html
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http://www.itv.com/granada/mums-mmr-payout76414/

Link to video footage
Mum's MMR Payout
1.08PM Sun Aug 29 2010
A mother from Warrington whose son was severely brain damaged after being given the controversial MMR jab as a baby, has been awarded £90,000 in compensation. The judgement's expected to bring fresh hope to other parents, who claim their children have been affected by routine vaccinations.
By: Amy Welch
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-me ... e-11125343
Link to video footage
29 August 2010 Last updated at 16:39
MMR campaigner from Warrington wins £90,000 payout


Robert has frequent epileptic fits, is unable to talk, stand unaided or feed himself

The mother of a Cheshire teenager who was left severely brain damaged by the MMR vaccine has won a compensation award from the government.
Robert Fletcher, 18, from Warrington, suffered a fit 10 days after he had the vaccination when he was 13 months old.
His mother Jackie received the £90,000 payout from a medical assessment panel last week.
The family successfully appealed after their application for compensation was originally turned down in 1997.
They had originally applied through the Government's Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
Robert has frequent epileptic fits, is unable to talk, stand unaided or feed himself, but is not autistic.
'Outstanding safety record'
Mrs Fletcher always believed that her son's epilepsy was triggered by the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.
The ruling and compensation award was made by a jury made up of a judge and two doctors.
It said the ruling had no relevance to the question of a link between the vaccine and autism.
Dr Andrew Wakefield was the lead author of the controversial study, published in The Lancet in 1998, which suggested there may be a link between MMR and autism and bowel disease.
His comments and the subsequent media furore led to a sharp drop in the number of children vaccinated against these diseases.
Robert Fletcher received the vaccine when he was 13 months old
The study has since been discredited and The Lancet has said it should not have run it.
Mrs Fletcher has campaigned for justice for her son for the past 16 years.
She said: "I feel vindicated by it because over the years I've been labelled anti-vaccine and a scaremonger and all sorts of things, when all I've been trying to do is highlight what's happened to my son, to help safeguard other parents' children.
"What I'm hoping now is that other parents whose children have suffered a similar reaction to Robert can maybe go down the same route that we've gone down to achieve justice for their children."
A Department of Health spokesperson said: "This decision reflects the opinion of a tribunal on the specific facts of the case and they were clear that it should not be seen as a precedent for any other case.
"The safety of MMR has been endorsed through numerous studies in many countries. Thankfully, more parents are having their children vaccinated with MMR and consider it as safe as other childhood vaccines."
He added: "MMR vaccine has been used extensively and safely around the world for over 30 years. Over 500 million doses have been given in over 100 countries.
"The World Health Organisation recognises MMR as being a 'highly effective vaccine which has (such) an outstanding safety record'.
"Parents and carers should continue to get their children immunised when called to do so."

Jackie Fletcher won a compensation payout of £90,000
Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath
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