Allergies and auto-immune diseases are on the increase, and it is understandable that people want to know what is causing this. Many researchers have looked at this issue, but they have found no evidence that vaccination is the cause, or that vaccination will trigger allergies. Allergy UK states that ‘All available information about immunization and allergy points to the fact that immunization in CHILDREN who are at HIGH risk of developing allergy is safe and not a factor in their future allergic conditions' (see the Immunization Factsheet available to download on the Allergy UK website). See the abstract of the 2003 paper Addressing parents' concerns: do VACCINES cause allergic or autoimmune diseases.

There is no evidence at all that catching a serious disease like measles will help a CHILD to FIGHT off other kinds of infectious diseases when they are older.

Allergies and auto-immune diseases are on the increase, and it is understandable that people want to know what is causing this. Many researchers have looked at this issue, but they have found no evidence that vaccination is the cause, or that vaccination will trigger allergies. Allergy UK states that ‘All available information about immunization and allergy points to the fact that immunization in children who are at high risk of developing allergy is safe and not a factor in their future allergic conditions' (see the Immunization Factsheet available to download on the Allergy UK website). See the abstract of the 2003 paper Addressing parents' concerns: do vaccines cause allergic or autoimmune diseases.

There is no evidence at all that catching a serious disease like measles will help a child to fight off other kinds of infectious diseases when they are older.