JENNI MURRAY: If only there'd been measles jabs when I was little, my friend would still be alive
Daily MailPerhaps it’s just my generation, the older end of the population, that rushed its babies to be vaccinated against measles, having grown up, as we did, in the shadow of the life-threatening childhood disease. The proportion of fully jabbed five-year-olds nationally has fallen to 84.5 per cent As recently as 2019, this country was virtually measles-free, having recovered from the 1990s when Dr Andrew Wakefield made a discredited assertion that the combined MMR — measles, mumps and rubella jab — could cause autism. Actress Suki Waterhouse shows off her baby bump in a custom-made red Valentino gown at Monday’s Emmy Awards Minus 5 is predicted for today. Never work with children, Jodie I’ve become a huge fan of Jodie Comer, pictured, whose acting career has blossomed in theatre, film and on TV without any formal training at drama school. But given her new film The End We Start From requires her to work with a staggering 15 babies, she clearly missed the famous old showbusiness adage, ‘Never work with children or animals!’
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Mother whose son died after catching measles urges parents to ‘vaccinate more’
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'Our community failed us': Mother of infant boy who got measles slams anti-vaxxers
Daily Mail
Millions of children do not receive the life-saving measles jab each year
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