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A father is urging parents to ensure their children have the MMR vaccine after all three of his children were hit by the Swansea measles epidemic. Craig Thomas, 36, from Morriston, said he wished his two sons and daughter had been vaccinated, and he felt "unbelievable" guilt.
The guilt is unbelievable. We wish we could turn the clocks back and have their injection," he said. "We never thought they would catch it."
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-21976500
I'm speculating that it is not solely the fear of the vaccine from the miscommunicated risks that leads parents to not vaccinate but it is that coupled with the above.
The risk perception is that it's not really a serious threat, it won't happen to us and throw in a bit of dodgy information and you get a poor risk management decision.