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velvetpage) wrote2008-11-28 12:32 pm
velvetpage) wrote2008-11-28 12:32 pm
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Another link for my vaccinations collection.
Measles outbreak feared in England, due to reduced uptake of the MMR vaccine over the past ten years. Reduced by how much, you ask? It's down from 90% in 1995, to - 80%. That's right, four out of five kids are still vaccinated, yet there are more than a thousand cases of measles so far this year and fears are growing of a widespread outbreak.
This is one of the few parenting issues where I do not believe that there may be more than one effective way to do things. With the exception of a very small number of people with a medical reason not to use certain vaccinations, everyone should be vaccinated and get regular booster shots throughout life. Not to do so is bad parenting and, in the case of adult booster shots, irresponsibility as a citizen in a modern country.
Get your kids vaccinated. It helps them exponentially more than it hurts them, and it protects everyone they come in contact with.
This is one of the few parenting issues where I do not believe that there may be more than one effective way to do things. With the exception of a very small number of people with a medical reason not to use certain vaccinations, everyone should be vaccinated and get regular booster shots throughout life. Not to do so is bad parenting and, in the case of adult booster shots, irresponsibility as a citizen in a modern country.
Get your kids vaccinated. It helps them exponentially more than it hurts them, and it protects everyone they come in contact with.