Our secondary analysis of data from the German Child Health Survey (KIGGS) has been published
The vaccination debate is gathering momentum everywhere. Our association, MWGFD e. V., has just successfully submitted a petition to the Bundestag and obtained the necessary quorum of 50,000 signatures, meaning the petition will now be forwarded to the Bundestag’s Petitions Committee. The committee will then decide whether it will be brought before the Bundestag. The aim is to abolish the de facto compulsory vaccination imposed by the Measles Protection Act. This Act stipulates that children must present a measles vaccination certificate or a corresponding certificate of medical exemption in order to be admitted to nursery or after-school care.
In practice, this amounts to compulsory vaccination, because, on the one hand, certificates of medical exemption are not easy to obtain – doctors are feeling increasing pressure. On the other hand, such certificates are not always accepted. As a result, parents and children find themselves under pressure as well.
Against this background, our recently published study may be helpful. In this study, we reanalysed data from the German Child Health Survey and asked: Are vaccinated children healthier?