Norman Lamb has tabled Early Day Motion 754, “MMR vaccine and the media“.
This follows a public dispute between award-winning blogger Ben Goldacre and radio station LBC over a broadcast by Jeni Barnett that Goldacre describes as a “44 minute tirade against MMR”.
According the party’s press release, Norman said:
“Suggesting that the MMR vaccine is dangerous in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary is massively irresponsible and could put children’s lives at risk.
“This kind of scaremongering has had a serious impact on public health in the last decade.
“Cases of measles have risen dramatically in the last three years. Jeni Barnett’s remarks could potentially affect the take-up of the vaccine, and I invite her to come with me to meet with a leading expert to learn more about the risks and advantages of vaccination.”
There’s more on the issue at Bad Science.
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This is great. Thanks to Norman, Evan and co for this.
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