auch MMR Impfkritik in GB wg Autismusverdacht

Hallo, um Gottes Willen! Dieser - pardon - Unfug aus Grossbritannien ist mehrfach widerlegt. Dr. Wakefield, der diese kühnen Spekulationen verbreitet hat, ist wissenschaftlich widerlegt worden. Leider mangelt es ihm aber an der Einsicht, sich geirrt zu haben. Für die Zeitungen, Radioprogramme und Fernsehen in Grossbritannien ist jedenfalls ausreichend "Stoff" geboten, und das nun schon seit Jahren. Die britische Regierung (Gesundheitsministerium) hat mehrfach dazu aufgerufen, die Kinder wie bisher empfohlen, weiter MMR impfen zu lassen. In den internationalen Fachzeitschriften ist dies alles hinreichend diskutiert worden, so dass informierte Aerzte Ihre Patienten(eltern) kompetent beraten können: für die MMR-Impfung!

Für alle, die die englische Sprache gut verstehen, hier noch eine aktuelle Meldung der angesehenen Tageszeitung "The Guardian", gestrige Ausgabe. Ein weiterer Kommentar erübrigt sich... "New Measles Outbreak Suspected as Parents Shun MMR Vaccine" Guardian Unlimited (UK) (www.guardian.co.uk) (02/06/02) P. 3; Boseley, Sarah In the United Kingdom, fears are growing that a measles epidemic is on the horizon. Health officials in Gateshead announced this week that they had identified four suspected cases of measles. This announcement comes just days after measles broke out among nursery-school children and babies in south London. Concerns over a controversial study linking bowel disorders and autism to the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine have led many parents to refuse to have their children inoculated with the shot. As a result, in the South London boroughs of Lewisham, Southwark, and Lambeth, where the recent outbreak of measles occurred, MMR coverage rates have fallen as low as 65 percent. The vaccination rate in the Gateshead area is 91.6 percent; however, the national average stands at just 84.2 percent and the Department of Health notes that only a 95 percent vaccination rate can prevent the disease.

Das mit MMR und Autismus ist eine Ente. NO EVIDENCE FOR A NEW FORM OF AUTISM LINKED TO MMR Further evidence confirming the absence of a causal link between vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), and autism was published in a study reported in last week’s BMJ online (1). The investigators identified 278 children with childhood autism and 195 with atypical autism born between 1979 and 1998 from computerised health registers of children with disabilities in the community and from special school and child psychiatry records, using the same methods and classifications. The setting was five health districts in north east London. Information was abstracted from the clinical notes and then linked to independent computerised vaccination records. Bowel problems were recorded where the history documented that they had lasted at least three months. The age at onset of concern about the child’s development was also recorded, as was regression if there was documented deterioration in any aspect of a child’s development or reported loss of skills. Single and multivariable logistic regression models were used to investigate in detail the relation between exposure to MMR vaccine in relation to onset of autism and the presence of bowel symptoms or regression, with adjustment for potential confounding factors, namely sex, year of birth, district, age at parental concern, and type of autism. The proportion of children with developmental regression (25% overall) or bowel symptoms (17%) -did not change significantly (P value for trend 0.50 and 0.47, respectively) during the 20 years from 1979, a period that included the introduction of MMR vaccination in October 1988. No significant difference was found in rates of bowel problems or regression in children who received the MMR vaccine before their parents became concerned about their development (where MMR might have caused or triggered the autism with regression or bowel problems), compared with those who received it only after such concern and those who had not received the MMR vaccine. A possible association between non-specific bowel problems and regression in children with autism was seen, but this was unrelated to MMR vaccination. The study has the strengths and weaknesses of data based on case notes. The findings provide no support for an MMR-associated "new variant" form of autism with developmental regression and bowel problems, and further evidence against involvement of MMR vaccine in the initiation of autism. Reference: Taylor B, Miller E, Lingam R, Andrews N, Simmons A, Stowe J. Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination and bowel problems or developmental regression in children with autism: population study. BMJ 2002; online only. (http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7333/DC3) Reported by Birte Twisselmann (eurowkly@phls.org.uk), Eurosurveillance editorial office.