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CDC Report on Child Immunization

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CDC Press Room Release, Sept 16, 2010:

Immunization of children aged 19-35 months old against most vaccine-preventable diseases remains high in the United States, with coverage for most of the routine vaccines remaining at or over 90 percent.

Today's report suggests the national picture is reassuring. However, in 2008, there were outbreaks of measles primarily in children whose parents had declined to have their children vaccinated. It is likely that communities with high numbers of under vaccinated or unvaccinated children remain, said Dr. Schuchat.

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Liselotte

In this report, the CDC says that less than 1 percent of young children received no vaccinations at all. I guess things are getting better. (Yet that could be quite a large number. Less than 1% could mean 0.00001% which isn't so bad. Or it be 0.005% of children which is a largish number....)

    Reply#1 - Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:06 AM EDT
    Liselotte

    Ooops, I got all mixed up rushing to write that out quickly! Too fancy for my own good sometimes.... blush.

    I'm sorry, I meant to say 0.5% versus 0.00001%!!!

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    Reply#2 - Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:12 AM EDT
    DEATHNELL J.

    The benefits if immunization far "FAR" exceeds the risks. Although I do believe it "is" a parents choice weather to immunize or not, in my opinion...."not" to immunize is irresponsable and foolish, but all I halfto do is worry about "my" kids...right???!

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    Reply#3 - Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:32 AM EDT
    Truth10

    if the shots work then we don't have anything to be concerned about!

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    #3.1 - Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:20 PM EDT
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    Liselotte

    Well, not entirely. Read up on something called "herd immunity". Apparently, you can actually endanger the larger community by not immunizing your children. I guess it happens if non-immunized children go to school, swimming, church, daycare etc with kids who have been recently or not yet immunized (maybe because they're still too young).

    I don't know the science behind it, as I don't know about infectious diseases and how vaccinations work, not like a real epidemiologist knows about it. But that term "herd immunity" is the key.

      Reply#4 - Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:53 AM EDT
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