Prof Sir Andrew Pollard: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- outgoing chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation
- Quoted on
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD), Learning disability & autism
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“To keep measles away we must sustain immunisation of over 95% of children, but we haven't done that. This moment is a miserable reflection of the state of measles vaccination in the UK and a very alarming indication of the risk to our children from this potentially fatal disease.”
What Prof Sir Andrew Pollard has said
“really worried that this rise of misinformation from many different places, including the government in the United States, does undermine confidence globally”
outgoing chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation · Learning disability & autism · 27 Aug 2026 · Wes Streeting rejects Trump claim linking paracetamol and autism ↗
Where Prof Sir Andrew Pollard has been quoted
- GPs in deprived areas hold key to reversing measles resurgence, UKHSA sayspulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
- Wes Streeting rejects Trump claim linking paracetamol and autismtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
Related media coverage
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