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Date: | Mon, 28 Sep 1998 22:42:38 -0400 |
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>There should be no excuse for not giving this vaccine to a child.
>Varicella
>is now the commonest vaccine-preventable cause of death in >children in the
>USA.
>Vaccines in general have been phenomenal life- and health- >savers. They
are,
>along with clean water, adequate food, and promotion of >breastfeeding, a
major
>public and worldwide health advance and have saved the lives >of countless
>children.
>I view not having children adequately and completely immunized >the
equivalent
>of driving around without putting them in appropriate child safety >seats
or
>leaving loaded, unlocked guns lying around the house, or >leaving poisons
open
>under a sink, or not fencing a swimming pool; in other words--a >serious
health
>risk!
>Linda L. Shaw MD FAAP
Linda, well said
-Rob Cordes, DO, FAAP
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