The places where the vaccine was administered are the epicentre of the AIDS epidemic. She cites many instances in the past where important information about safety has been hidden to protect profit, and questions whether vaccination will one day also be seen in the same light. There is much evidence that breast feeding reduces the incidence and severity of rotavirus, respiratory syncytial virus, and otitis media, without side effects. Another letter in the BMJ was from Peter Morrell, who is an honorary research associate of the history of medicine at Staffordshire University in Britain. Diphtheria, tuberculosis, and pertussis were virtually extinct before vaccines were introduced.
More likely causes are improved water supply, sanitation, adequate food supply, and birth control.
Martin Miles, a London homoeopath, believes that vaccination causes cancer, meningitis, arthritis, constitutional weaknesses and neurological damage, and increases the level of mucus in the body. Harris Coulter, a historian, blames vaccination for mental illness, crime, and social deviance. This claim was confirmed by Margery Grace Blackie, the Queen of England's former physician. It is interesting to note that the authors of the 2 letters mentioned above have no declared competing interests, while the authors of 2 letters published on the other side of the issue have financial interests in the pharmaceutical and vaccine industry. He states that the correct interpretation of the statistical data from currently published studies show that the data is consistent with an appreciable number of autism cases being triggered by MMR vaccination.