YAWN – more fear porn: UK declares ‘national incident’ over measles outbreak: Nearly half of children in parts of east London have not had the MMR jab as ‘experts’ (ha, ha) say distrust of vaccines has increased post-‘Covid’ fake vaccine catastrophe. I can’t think why

Fears of an impending measles resurgence today sparked a national ‘call to action’ by health chiefs who are alarmed over vaccination rates slumping to a 10-year low.

As few as half of children have had both measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jabs in parts of London.

Similarly low levels are also seen in Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham.

Dame Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UKHSA, begged parents to check their child’s immunisation status, warning that the public had ‘forgotten what measles is like’ and that it was still a ‘serious illness’.

‘Concerted action’ is needed because the UK is currently on a ‘trajectory for everything getting much worse’, she said.

She also pleaded with the ‘Wakefield generation’ — adults born in the late 1990s or early 2000s — to check their own medical records.

Tens of thousands of children missed out on the MMR vaccine because of the now-debunked autism fears raised by discredited medic Andrew Wakefield.

Doctors today warned the rise of anti-vaxx beliefs in the wake of Covid may fuel the crisis.

Measles, which mostly produces flu-like symptoms and the tell-tale rash, can cause very serious and even fatal health complications if it spreads to the lungs or the brain.

One in five children who get infected will be hospitalised, according to estimates, with one in 15 developing serious complications like meningitis or sepsis.

The West Midlands is currently battling its biggest measles outbreak since the 1990s and triggered the UKHSA to declare a ‘national incident’.

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