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muriel_volestrangler

(105,960 posts)
4. Yes - it's not a big political thing, but there are a depressing number of people who say
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 03:56 AM
5 hrs ago

"oooh, I don't know, maybe we'll just skip it".

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends at least 95 per cent of children should receive vaccine doses for each illness to achieve herd immunity. Yet, no area of England has achieved a vaccination rate over 95 per cent in children aged five with two MMR jabs.

All London boroughs have a vaccination rate below 80 per cent. Figures published last August by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) showed just 64.3 per cent of five-year-olds in Enfield had received both doses of the MMR vaccine in 2024/25 – one of the lowest rates in the country.

In neighbouring borough Haringey, 65 per cent were vaccinated and in Hackney just 58.3 per cent of five-year-olds had received both doses. That means one in two children are at risk of catching measles.
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While London has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, cities including Birmingham (75.5 per cent), Coventry (78.9 per cent), Nottingham (71.7 per cent), Liverpool (75.5 per cent) and Manchester (74.5 per cent) also have poor vaccination rates for five-year-olds who have received two doses.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/mapped-lowest-mmr-vaccine-rates-b2921386.html

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