Former science chief: ‘MMR fears coming true’

By SUE CORRIGAN

A former Government medical officer responsible for deciding whether medicines are safe has accused the Government of “utterly inexplicable complacency” over the MMR triple vaccine for children.

Dr. Peter Fletcher, who served in the 70s as the Chief Scientific Officer at the UK Department of Health, says that, if governments continue to ignore the risks of the MMR vaccine, it will become one of the greatest scandals in medical history. He says there are people in very powerful positions who deny the link to autism because they have staked their reputations on the safety of MMR and are willing to do anything to protect their careers.

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