Vaccines are dangerous, they are about lining the pockets of the pharma companies and making children very sick. People should research this more!

dawn, feltham, UK

My last flu jab was at the doctors surgery 4 years ago, and made me so ill with the flu ! -The symptoms lasted several weeks. Never again - since then I have not had flu or even a cold, just take omega 3 and vitamin C - I am 58 and feel great.

Paul Russel, Shepparton - Victoria, Australia

"it never did me any harm"
- Lucky you. The other 1 in 100 aren't here to contradict you.

"i wasn't going to take risks"
- "I accepted a small risk of my children dying to avoid a far smaller possible risk of vaccine side-effects, & didn't mind exposing their friends to a slight increase in risk.

Aidan, London, UK

Most vaccines contain some prohibited ingredients like:
Pork/gelatin,alcohol,foetal parts etc..Muslims are not allowed to take!
Also Vaccines contain many harmful chemicals to health like:
Mercury,aluminium etc...They damage the brain and nervous system.No one should force any one to vaccinate ?

Dr A.Majid Katme, London, UK

If vaccinations are so safe why does the Department of Health have a Vaccination Damages Unit. And why has it had to make in the region of 1000 awards to parents of vaccine damaged children? Why does the United States have a specific act - The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act?

Alan Trent, London, UK

Dyson, Manchester

Re: the risk/benefit ratio. It doesn't really help objective truth if every time something goes wrong there is an aggressive policy of denial. Just propaganda masquerading as science. Cochrane declared MMR safety studies "largely inadequate". The public are told nothing.

John Stone, London, UK

Re the off topic comments:

MMR does not contain mercury and there is no evidence for any link whatsoever between MMR and autism.
Not vaccinating your children IS taking risks; the risk-benefit equation overwhelmingly favours vaccination.

Dyson, Manchester, UK

same old labour party, we all had such great hopes initially
very sad

john

john radford, ferndown, england

Research into MMR and autism has not been scientifically disproved. Children, whom developed an autistic like condition and gut ulceration , following MMR, have been dumped by this government. Their clinicians have been subjected to a witch hunt. Those children are now without treatment or hope.

Richard, Jersey,

When will this busybody interfering Gov knows best nannying bunch of has-beens be booted out of office. It can't be too soon for most people.

Simon Marshland, Bath, UK

In effect many immigrant children, now resident, will have a delayed start to schooling. Just when the government wants integration and a common English language communication the kids will be held out of school. What a morally offensive and idiotic idea.

JANE FLEMING, Whittlesey, United Kingdom

i got whooping cough as a child and it never did me any harm and a had all the other usual childrens' diseases- my children did not have the M MR they are alive and well today- iwasn't going to take risks with them

peter , devizes, wessex

Does it have mercury in it as a preservative?

margie, victoria, australia

An invasive step too far. This government is a spent force and too controlling. Quite frankly enough is enough. They need to go.

C Fowler, Wakefield,

I am not sure "compulsory" vaccination is the way to go in order to overcome the abysmal ignorance some parents have about the clear benefit of these vaccines. Immunisation against these sometimes lethal infections should be a "no-brainer" - but there must be better ways to change peoples' minds.

Dyson, Manchester, UK

Yet another stupid idea from a party which is completely out of touch; Looks like the lessons learned from the local elections have already been forgotten.

Martin, Poole, UK

Yes this idea is extremely morally dubious but so is this government.

judy, Liverpool, England

More New Labour bullying and cronyism: the pharma have a long list of new vaccines they would like to add the schedule. And the Wakefield affair is set to explode in their faces, too.

John Stone, London, UK

An this just proves how much distrust there is for so called government research.
I only hope that they mean that the children must be immunised against mumps, measles and rubella by any means.
When my Fiance and i have kids we will be getting the individual jabs.

Niall, Edinburgh,