Still worried about combined vaccination
It would seem that Alex Lo has missed the point regarding the continuing debate over the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab ('Sometimes the public can get too much information', South China Morning Post, June 18).
Yes, it would appear that in most instances the child is not adversely affected by the three-in-one vaccination. However, the fact is there is still no absolute proof, despite studies in the UK, that it is not linked in a very small number of cases, to autism and Crohn's disease.
I am a firm believer that children should be vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella, but I also firmly believe parents should have the choice over how their child should receive the vaccines.
It is despicable that drugs companies, in cahoots with money-saving governments the world over, have stopped issuing the vaccines separately, so they can move the backlog of MMR vaccines already manufactured.
As a parent I do not want to take the risk, however small, of giving my daughter the MMR jab and like many other parents now face the almost impossible task of trying to get the separate vaccines.
A healthy debate over this subject is to be welcomed and has highlighted the relationships between governments and pharmaceutical companies. It has also allowed parents to make informed choices over their child's health and future.
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