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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

More common sense about vaccines

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We at ACSH are happy to give a shout-out to Sheila M. Eldred, whose August op-ed on Discovery.com reflects what we have been screaming for years—that the failure to have children vaccinated is a terrible mistake that is caused by a number of factors.
One of which is “exemption,” an increasingly common (yet foolish) loophole in state vaccination laws that allows parents to forego vaccinations for their children, typically for no reason. Eldred says, “The number of Americans requesting exemptions for vaccinations is continuing to rise, a 2012 study found. The current measles outbreak connected to Eagle Mountain International Church case in Newark, Texas, is a perfect example of how diseases that can be controlled through vaccinations are making comebacks in pockets.”
Eldred mentions ACSH trustee, Dr. Paul Offit, chief of the division of infectious diseases and director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Regarding measles, Offit says, “The outbreak in Texas is the perfect example of how contagious measles is. The viral respiratory disease is also potentially serious: it can lead to pneumonia. Of children younger than 5 years who had it in 2011, 38 percent were hospitalized.”…..To Read More….

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