substantial changes to the programme mentioned above." (from Information Services Division of Scottish Government, Dec 15th 2009) After MMR was introduced in 1988 rates of measles fell by between 80 and 90% (from between 50,000 and 100,000 er annum to only 10,000) and average annual death rates fell from 13 to 4. But in the end of the day, as I said before, parents have to make the final call and do what they think is right. It is also realistic, however, to expect them to accept the potential consequences of those decisions. Rights = responsibilities and all that. Alasdair.Kay said, I'm not defending the means by which the Wakefield study was conducted which was deplorable and has huge effects on the public perception of science...however... I had a child of MMR age at the time so read pretty thoroughly through this study and there was, as always, many discrepancies between what was reported in the press and what actually happened, both positive and negative. For example, my resounding impression of the conclusions wasn't that there was a DIRECT link between MMR and austism, but that the process was mediated by gatrointestinal complications (i.e. MMR caused the gastrointestinal problems, gastrointestinal problems were linked to autism). Furthermore, the reasoning behind this was a possible link between the high levels of mercury in the triple jab, and whilst the single jabs offered similar or increased levels the requirement to wait between jabs gave the body time to clear the mercury from the