JABS: Difference between revisions
...better |
ce/contextualize sentence; +date in ref |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
'''Justice, Awareness and Basic Support''' (JABS) is a [[List of pressure groups in the United Kingdom|British pressure group]] launched in [[Wigan]] in January 1994.<ref name="Deer">{{cite journal |last1=Deer |first1=Brian |author1-link=Brian Deer |title=Secrets of the MMR scare |journal=[[British Medical Journal]] |date=15 January 2011 |volume=342 |pages=136–142 |url=http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/epidemiology/hanley/c609/Material/BMJpartII.pdf}}</ref> |
'''Justice, Awareness and Basic Support''' (JABS) is a [[List of pressure groups in the United Kingdom|British pressure group]] launched in [[Wigan]] in January 1994.<ref name="Deer">{{cite journal |last1=Deer |first1=Brian |author1-link=Brian Deer |title=Secrets of the MMR scare |journal=[[British Medical Journal]] |date=15 January 2011 |volume=342 |pages=136–142 |url=http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/epidemiology/hanley/c609/Material/BMJpartII.pdf}}</ref> |
||
The group began as a [[support group]] after Jackie Fletcher placed an [[advert]] in the newspaper to find parents whose children became ill after their first [[MMR vaccine]] after her child was diagnosed with [[epilepsy]] ten days after he received an MMR vaccination.<ref name="Lewis">{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Andy |title=The Society of Homeopaths, Richard Barr and MMR |url=https://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/10/the-society-of-homeopaths-richard-barr-and-mmr.html |website=[[Quackometer]] |date=3 October 2010}}</ref> |
The group began as a [[support group]] after Jackie Fletcher placed an [[advert]] in the newspaper to find parents whose children became ill after their first [[MMR vaccine]] after her child was diagnosed with [[epilepsy]] ten days after he received an MMR vaccination.<ref name="Lewis">{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Andy |title=The Society of Homeopaths, Richard Barr and MMR |url=https://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/10/the-society-of-homeopaths-richard-barr-and-mmr.html |website=[[Quackometer]] |date=3 October 2010}}</ref> According to an article published by [[Private Eye]], "30 families from a small community responded" originally, and by 2002 over two thousand families had been in contact.<ref name="Mills">{{cite news |last1=Mills |first1=Heather |title=Private Eye Special Report: MMR: The Story So Far |work=Private Eye |agency=[[Pressdram Ltd]] |date=May 2002}}</ref> |
||
JABS members are parents of children allegedly [[Vaccine adverse event|adversely affected by vaccines]],<ref name="Oakeshott">{{cite news |last1=Oakeshott |first1=Isabel |title=Parents threaten to boycott new 5-in-1 baby jab |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83935240/parents-threaten-to-boycott-new-5-in-1/ |work=[[Evening Standard]] |date=9 August 2004 |pages=2}}</ref> particularly MMR,<ref name="Roberts">{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Jan |title=Vaccination: do you know the risks?: Jan Roberts meets parents who believe immunisation against measles, mumps and rubella injured their children |
JABS members are parents of children allegedly [[Vaccine adverse event|adversely affected by vaccines]],<ref name="Oakeshott">{{cite news |last1=Oakeshott |first1=Isabel |title=Parents threaten to boycott new 5-in-1 baby jab |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83935240/parents-threaten-to-boycott-new-5-in-1/ |work=[[Evening Standard]] |date=9 August 2004 |pages=2}}</ref> particularly MMR,<ref name="Roberts">{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Jan |title=Vaccination: do you know the risks?: Jan Roberts meets parents who believe immunisation against measles, mumps and rubella injured their children |
||
Revision as of 15:23, 23 August 2021
| Founder | Jackie Fletcher |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Anti-vaccine advocacy |
| Website | Old New |
Justice, Awareness and Basic Support (JABS) is a British pressure group launched in Wigan in January 1994.[1]
The group began as a support group after Jackie Fletcher placed an advert in the newspaper to find parents whose children became ill after their first MMR vaccine after her child was diagnosed with epilepsy ten days after he received an MMR vaccination.[2] According to an article published by Private Eye, "30 families from a small community responded" originally, and by 2002 over two thousand families had been in contact.[3]
JABS members are parents of children allegedly adversely affected by vaccines,[4] particularly MMR,[5][6] which they initially claimed to be a cause of brain damage and other medical issues, prior to claims that the MMR vaccine was a cause of autism and of inflammatory bowel disease.[1] They have also claimed that many cases of shaken baby syndrome were caused by vaccines.[7]
The group currently has a Facebook page[7] and has been described as an anti-vaccine campaign group.[1][7] However, the group's founder Jackie Fletcher says JABS is not anti-vaccine, but seeks greater information and compensation for alleged vaccine side-effects.[5]
Richard Barr and Andrew Wakefield
A solicitor for the group, Richard Barr, began acting for JABS shortly after its formation. He applied to legal aid to get funding to do some clinical studies into associations between the vaccine and the alleged side-effects claimed by JABS. He formed a partnership with Andrew Wakefield who was paid £150 per hour by the law firm. The pair were awarded £55,000 to start their research. Over the coming year, Wakefield admits several of the JABS children to the Royal Free Hospital for tests.[2][8]
Barr also paid a substantial sum to then-doctor Andrew Wakefield two years before his now-retracted 1998 Lancet report, urging Wakefield to discredit the MMR vaccine.[8] Brian Deer has described this partnership as "the foundation of the vaccine crisis, both in Britain and throughout the world".[9] JABS also referred the mother of an autistic child to Wakefield in 1996. The child was part of his 1998 study, and was also the lead case in Barr's failed lawsuit.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Deer, Brian (15 January 2011). "Secrets of the MMR scare" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 342: 136–142.
- ^ a b Lewis, Andy (3 October 2010). "The Society of Homeopaths, Richard Barr and MMR". Quackometer.
- ^ Mills, Heather (May 2002). "Private Eye Special Report: MMR: The Story So Far". Private Eye. Pressdram Ltd.
- ^ Oakeshott, Isabel (9 August 2004). "Parents threaten to boycott new 5-in-1 baby jab". Evening Standard. p. 2.
- ^ a b Roberts, Jan (11 April 1994). "Vaccination: do you know the risks?: Jan Roberts meets parents who believe immunisation against measles, mumps and rubella injured their children". The Independent.
- ^ Ross, Emma (12 June 2002). "Study: MMR shot is safe for children". Austin American-Statesman. Associated Press. p. 8.
- ^ a b c Barnes, Sophie (3 November 2019). "How social media giants make anti-vax propaganda easy to find". The Telegraph.
- ^ a b "Secret payments to MMR Wakefield". BrianDeer.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Andrew Wakefield: the fraud investigation". BrianDeer.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.