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Friday, June 14, 2002Several groups, including the World Health Organization, the U.S. Institute of Medicine, and Britain's Medical Research Council have reviewed evidence investigating a possible link between the vaccine and autism, but the latest project, published Tuesday in the Internet version of the journal Clinical Evidence, is the most comprehensive. "We looked through over 2,000 studies on millions of children, covering 50 years of research," said lead investigator Dr. Anna Donald, whose company, Bazian Ltd., analyzes the quality of medical research. The company was contracted by the publishing arm of the British Medical Association to conduct the review. "The science is very rigorous and this really does give a green light to MMR," she said. "The science on this issue is over; the scientific debate is dead." The vaccine has never been all that controversial here, but in Britain they are very alarmist about it. There was a minor politcal brouhaha several months ago because Tony Blair wouldn't say whether or not his child had gotten the vaccine. We routinely give the vaccine here, yet we don't have higher rates of the supposed complications (autism, etc.) than they have in Britain. What we do have is a much lower rate of measles, mumps, and rubella. posted by Sydney on 6/14/2002 07:43:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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