Are Kids' Vaccines a Victim of Their Own Success?
The shots have cut disease rates so low that some parents underestimate the threat, doctors say
By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Thursday, April 27, 2017
WEDNESDAY, April 26, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccines prevent serious infections so effectively that many parents mistakenly believe the diseases are no longer a threat in the United States, a pediatrician warns.
"Many children have died from diseases that vaccines now prevent," said Dr. Lauren Snabb. "These include whooping cough, measles and polio. Germs that lead to these deadly conditions still exist today, but because most babies are routinely protected by vaccines, we don't see these diseases nearly as often in [the United States]."
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