‘No no no. Avoid them all’: anti-vaccine conspiracies spread as UK cases of measles increase

Alongside a fall in the uptake of the MMR vaccine, which is at its lowest in more than a decade, cases of measles are rising in the UK. Photograph: _jure/Getty Images

In a Facebook group for parents, a mother asks for advice following the recent rise in measles cases.

She’s received a letter from the NHS asking her to take her young daughter for the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella, as it’s “dangerous not to have it”.