July 8, 2002
DOCS GET BONUS FOR GIVING MMR VACCINE
What Next? It seems that in the U.K., GPs have been getting payments for rounding up their patients for the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. If 90 per cent are vaccinated, they receive 2,865 pounds, but the payola drops to 955 pounds if only 70 per cent are vaccinated.
It seems now that the docs are concerned that they may be wrecking their credibility with their patients. Sure, especially since the MMR has become so controversial.
Let’s get this straight: they’ve been receiving extra money for vaccine targeting? Isn’t that a CONFLICT OF INTEREST? Or are British docs too dumb to understand that?
It is estimated more than 24,000 people could have been infected with measles. The three children who died were aged six months, four and 10. There were 981 reported cases of measles in the Campania region of southern Italy between January and May this year. Of those affected, 358 had to be hospitalised. Thirteen developed encephalitis, which can cause brain damage and 63 pneumonia. In Campania, where the largest city is Naples, only 53% of children have been vaccinated against measles by the age of two. OUTBREAK FEARS In the UK, latest figures show 84% are immunised by that age, compared to 92% in 1995. There have been 159 cases of measles so far this year, compared to the normal annual average of 100. After an increase in the number of cases of measles in London this year, some doctors warned their could be an outbreak there within the next two years if parents continue to reject MMR.
Experts say a measles epidemic in Italy, which has killed three children, is a lesson to parents about the importance of vaccination. It is estimated more than 24,000 people could have been infected with measles.
ANYTHING that they can do to get the number of vaccinated children up is a good thing. I'm amazed that you really seem to relish children suffering with preventable diseases.
Which vaccines do you think children should definitely get?
On the other hand, your ridiculous postings suggest that you are nothing but an anarchistic shrill, hysterical and panicked about the non-existant.
Obviously, fact has no place in your analyses.