In 2017, the world health organisation announced that britain was virtually free of measles - but now, rising case numbers have lead the UKHSA to declare a national incident. Are people concerned about catching the disease? And are people willing to get vaccinated against it? We took to the streets to find out.
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00:00 The UK Health Agency has declared a national incident as measles cases rise.
00:11 Is this something that concerns you at all?
00:14 Yeah, because you never know where it's going to come from.
00:18 Because obviously COVID-19 back in lockdown was obviously a big problem.
00:24 So something like this would obviously cause, would definitely cause a lot of panic.
00:30 Well, funny you should say that because I'm actually a medical student
00:33 and that was one of the topics we had earlier this year.
00:36 And my views on it is that most parents want what's best for their children
00:40 but might not always understand what the best might be.
00:43 And I feel that a key part of vaccination programs is to keep people educated
00:47 as to what they're doing and to be transparent about things.
00:50 And I feel like to the most part companies have done as well as they could or should.
00:57 I had heard that there are all sorts of illnesses coming back around.
01:04 Is that because we didn't do enough to protect against them?
01:08 Is it because vaccines went out of fashion? I don't know.
01:13 Now that I've heard that, yes.
01:17 I mean, I'm all vaccinated and stuff, but yeah, that's a bit concerning for all the kids.
01:24 We didn't get told half about COVID and what COVID injections cause,
01:30 which they have caused a lot of other things, which isn't being brought out in the public.
01:35 So in my opinion, it would be vaccine shy.
01:39 So less people are getting MMR vaccine for that reason?
01:42 I suppose that's one of the reasons, yeah.
01:45 From people that I know and experience, it's been quite a split.
01:49 You know, there's some people that I've known that are very pro-vaccine.
01:54 So I'm not sure as a nation where we lay with that, to be honest.
01:58 Like, do I think it should be mandatory in schools and things like that or for young children or whatever?
02:05 I'm not entirely 100 percent sure because I don't want to make decisions for other people.
02:12 I think people can make their own informed decisions once they reach a certain age.
02:15 So parents should really know what's right for their child.
02:19 I didn't know about that, so I was not concerned until now, but I do have a baby nephew.
02:24 So now that you're telling me that, it's a good consideration just to pay attention to that.
02:28 Once the measles and rubella should be given at birth, I don't care.
02:31 I won't go near anyone's kid because of this measles.
02:35 Obviously, we get shingles.
02:37 And no, I'm sorry, I'm not going through that for no one's kid.
02:40 It's not fair on other people to have to go through that either.
02:43 I haven't seen many people disagree with them.
02:46 Mainly, I've seen the majority agree with them.
02:49 I've had quite a few. I've had like five.
02:52 But I just know if it's going to help me, it's going to help me.
02:55 I don't see the negatives to it.
02:57 But I've had them now and haven't had any downsides to it.
03:01 And I haven't got COVID once, so that's perfect.