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Unprotected People Reports: Hib |
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Hib Meningitis Strikes Unvaccinated Infant |
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The article "Vaccine's Safety, Morality Hit Home for Girl's Parents" by Bill
Snyder appeared in the September 17, 2000, edition of THE TENNESSEAN. It tells
the story of Suzanne and Leonard Walther of Murfreesboro, Tenn., who had such
serious concerns about the safety and morality of vaccination that they put off
immunizing their infant daughter until they had answers to their questions. In
the meantime, unfortunately, their daughter contracted Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), a vaccine-preventable disease.
Their daughter recovered, but the Walthers' experience led them to search
further for answers to their questions. In the end they concluded that the
benefits of vaccination far outweighed the risks. Suzanne Walther said, "I don't
want my child to be the one in 3 million" children who suffers a potentially
fatal reaction to a vaccine, "but I also don't want mine to be the one in 10
that dies if they get the disease."
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| 4/25/01 • REPORT #39 |
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