Should measles, mumps and rubella vaccines be given separately?
A number of parents have requested separate virus components rather than combined MMR vaccine, based on media reporting of the opinions of one of the RFH-IBDSG researchers. There is no evidence that MMR vaccine causes inflammatory bowel disease or autism, and there is no evidence that even if it did, giving the vaccines separately would prevent their occurrence. Since there is no evidence for such a risk from MMR vaccine, and it is clear that giving the vaccines separately would leave children and their contacts unnecessarily exposed to preventable infectious diseases and their consequences, I cannot endorse an opinion that jeopardises child health. Parents should realise that separating MMR vaccine into separate components is not, as has been portrayed, a safer option: on the contrary, it is a demonstrably riskier option. Children should not be given separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines in place of MMR, since there is no evidence for benefit and a clear risk of harm from follo
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