Boris Johnson orders action to stop measles spread

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UK PM Boris Johnson is ordering urgent action to ensure that children and young people in Britain are protected against measles

Mr Johnson said:"There's a number of reasons why people don't get themselves or their children the vaccines they need, but we need decisive action across our health service and society to make sure communities are properly immunised.

Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: "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.

"With this strategy, the whole health system will come together to renew focus on vaccinations - especially for our children - and this time we will eliminate measles for good."

 

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The only vaccination that the British people urgently need is one against Boris Johnson antivaxxers VaxWoke

In France you cannot send your child to a creche or school of they are not vaccinated!

But this is exactly the target is 95%, because a small percentage of the the population (in particular those who are immunosuppressed) cannot have it, 95% gives the population 'herd immunity' which helps to protect those people by preventing outbreaks

Typical Tory twonk. Wants power over kids so he feels like a man.

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GET IT DONE BEFORE WE RUN OUT AFTER WE LEAVE THE EU

Better hurry up, before the medicine shortage starts.

Two questions: how does the PM “order” people to do anything? Social media is the main problem - is he “ordering” them?

Get it now before it costs you big time when they sell the NHS. Good thinking Boris 🙄

Your article claims that Scotland’s figures are below target - this (according to the BBC) is untrue! Dr_PhilippaW

How about HPV that causes Cervical Cancer Ask you second wife about it and it’s relationship to adulterous men who infect them

What complete ignaramus wouldn’t give their child the mmr jab?! Kill yourselves not your children😡

Did they happen to mention the number of those 231 cases that had their up to date mmr vaccinations ?

I hope he's got permission from his mate Trump who supported the anti vaccine claims

Is the MMR injection safe 🤔

If only BorisJohnson took an evidence based approach to everything else

Amazing that what should be a non partisan, no-brainier health issue becomes an excuse for Boris bashing. I just want these horrible diseases eradicated - why don’t people get their kids immunised? Use the BBC to educate people

Make it a legal requirement, unless there are specific medical needs not to do it. Anyone who is preaching about 'nanny state' - your water has fluoride in it, your bread has folic acid in it, and you didn't argue against these.

For once I agree with Boris. It should be illegal not to vaccinate your child unless they have a medical condition which would make it dangerous.

There’s a real concerning ignorance of science.

Huh. Ok. Expected him to be an antivax loon like his boyfriend in the white house

What about rickets, typhus, tb? After all he is dragging us back to the dark ages. Be nice to see doctors in plague masks again won't it?

HEADLINE ' Poxy PM prepares vast increase in shots to reduce POX'

See? This is more Putin Propaganda assault. Disinformation to weaken the population. Someone at the Kremlin has been evaluating modern systems and asking questions like 'What keeps a tribe together?'

Everything is going worse under a government that cuts back on social services in order to reduce taxes. His concern now is a belated and undoubtedly influenced by the probability of a general election.

Ban children? 🤔

Doesn’t matter how much we have if parents refuse the MMR vaccine 🙄

Johnson in his latest no brexit disaster distraction.

We paid for the single jabs. I met a couple of people who’s kid and grandkid developed autism immediately after the jab

Only way to do this is to make vaccinations compulsary. Even then, there will be a rebellion as people don't like governments telling them what to do. Maybe, parents of non-vaccs should be made to watch videos of children who have suffered effects of measles.

We need urgent action so that the Tories are ousted from power! (we'll deal with Corbyn once we've done it!) ToriesOut

Satan s poison

For once

Is there any chance of protecting them against his government?

I guess we have to hope these aren't amongst the medicines that will be in short supply after a 'no deal Brexit' then

At least he's doing something useful

He is a blowhard. ‘Ordering urgent action’..... like what exactly?

Someone managing to find a negative in 3, 2, 1....

Like staying in the EU’s disease surveillance networks that we’re dropping out of come October?

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