Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

It's Good To Talk

The power of stories over statistics

BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7429.1424 (Published 18 December 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:1424

Rapid Response:

Tapestry Effects

Dear Dr Noone

I have just seen your post on BMJ. As there is such controversy over
vaccines, in particular MMR, you must be aware that whatever I do or say
in support of parent concerns, will be dismissed. As you ask for research
detail which would form the basis of any future work, if and when anyone
is willing to provide the funding - you will be able to read the details
in the published paper.

I welcome your declared genuine interest and only wish it was shared
by those who could fund this type of research.

From a number of posts under this thread and the Hear the Silence
threads on bmj Rapid Responses it is very clear that many others would
also like to see such work being undertaken.

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

05 January 2004
Lisa C Blakemore-Brown
Psychologist
UK