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| Letter to the
Editor of the Star Tribune
IAC applauds the editorial that
recognized the parallels between the parents of Danny Hauser and
parents who fail to immunize their children against
life-threatening diseases |
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Editorial
Department
Star Tribune
425 Portland Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55488
May 28, 2009
To the Editor:
We at the Immunization Action Coalition applaud Thursday's
editorial recognizing the parallels between the parents of Danny
Hauser and parents who fail to immunize their children against
life-threatening diseases.
Parents should know that U.S. vaccine recommendations come from an
open process led by the brightest minds in pediatrics, immunology,
infectious disease, epidemiology, and other relevant disciplines.
The result is a vaccine schedule that protects children at the age
when vaccination is safe, effective, and needed, while
incorporating the flexibility to address individual circumstances.
It is not a "one size fits all" regimen, as is sometimes claimed.
Sixteen of the victims of last year's measles outbreaks were
babies too young to have received measles vaccine. Infants still
die every year of whooping cough because their families and
visitors have not received pertussis vaccine. Invasive Hib disease
hospitalized five Minnesota children in 2008, killing one. The
choice to opt out of immunization is a choice to endanger others.
Think of others. Listen to your healthcare provider and the CDC.
Immunize your children.
Deborah L. Wexler, M.D.
Executive Director
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