Not exact matches
«Every new person affected by measles in Europe reminds us that
unvaccinated children and adults, regardless of where they live, remain at risk of catching the disease and spreading it to others
who may not be able to get vaccinated,» said Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, the organization's regional director for Europe.
An
unvaccinated child is a health risk to babies too young to vaccinate and to
children who are in the process of receiving a series of vaccinations over a period of time until the full benefit / immunity is attained.
All
unvaccinated children and adolescents
who are at high risk of serious infection should receive the vaccine.
He went on to infect 10 other
unvaccinated children — his siblings, school friends, and three babies
who were too young to be vaccinated
who were exposed to that
child in a doctor's waiting room.
And because most vaccines are not 100 percent effective (they protect 85 to 95 percent of
children who get them), your
child may be at risk around
unvaccinated kids even if he's up to date on his shots.
Sanders said last year that he was «sensitive to the fact that there are some families
who disagree» on the safety of vaccines, but he noted the public health implications of leaving
children unvaccinated.
Published in Gender & Society, a journal in Gender Studies and Sociology field, Reich's research shows that
unvaccinated or under - vaccinated
children from higher income backgrounds, with parents
who are higher educated, have parents
who intentionally choose to refuse or delay vaccinations out of a belief that they are protecting their
children.
«Parents of
unvaccinated children, as well as older teenagers and young adults
who may have missed MMR vaccination, should be aware it is never too late to get vaccinated against measles and they should make an appointment with their GP to get vaccinated as soon as possible.»
A 2011 study found that parents
who delayed or refused some vaccines were less likely to believe that vaccines are necessary to protect
children's health, that their
child might get a disease while
unvaccinated or that vaccines are safe.
Characteristics of Vaccinated and
Unvaccinated Pregnant Women
Who Delivered
Children Born at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 2000 - 2010
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending routine vaccination against meningitis for
children ages 11 and 12, previously
unvaccinated adolescents entering high school, and college freshmen
who will live in dormitories.
As reported in The Courier Mail, almost 200,000
children who were previously not vaccinated were immunised last year under the Government's «No Jab, No Pay» policy and the Government signalled that it is considering a new nationwide ban on
unvaccinated children attending childcare centres or preschools, or «no jab, no PLAY».