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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

UK patients less likely to vaccinate children after Trump comments, pharmacies warn

Pharmacists have sounded the alarm over Donald Trump’s misleading claims on childhood jabs after a third of patients said they were less likely to get vaccinated or vaccinate their children after his comments this week.

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) hit out at the US president for causing “alarm to parents” after he said jabs for measles, mumps, and rubella should be given separately and claimed a brand of paracetamol used in pregnant women is linked to autism in children.

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