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Louisa Glasson:
I thought we might have a measles epidemic on our hands.

Dr Martin Ellingham:
There's not much chance of that. Almost all the children I've seen have been jabbed for MMR. There's only two or three mothers left in the village who haven't seen reason.

Louisa Glasson:
Maybe they're scared.

Dr Martin Ellingham:
What are they scared of?

Louisa Glasson:
Well there's autism.

Dr Martin Ellingham:
No, there isn't.

Louisa Glasson:
Martin, a friend of mine took her son to the doctor. He was nearly two, perfectly healthy, they gave him the jab, and he changed overnight. Just shut down completely.

Dr Martin Ellingham:
Because of the MMR vaccine?

Louisa Glasson:
That's what she thinks.

Dr Martin Ellingham:
Is she very stupid?

Louisa Glasson:
Look, it stands to reason that giving a child three viruses at the same time must increase their chance of some kind of reaction.

Dr Martin Ellingham:
It stands to reason?

Louisa Glasson:
Martin, I have read about the studies linking MMR to bowel disease.

Dr Martin Ellingham:
There was one so-called "study" but that's been refuted by people who actually know what they're talking about. And the hysteria that's stopped people giving their children the MMR vaccine has actually caused an increase in cases of measles, which is a horrible disease.

Louisa Glasson:
Thank you, Doctor.