tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27050770.post114676975498948221..comments2023-06-19T05:06:44.140-07:00Comments on Vaccine Awakening: Mumps Vaccine: Supply and DemandBarbara Loe Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02404025666100094471noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27050770.post-1582760216576897442009-02-04T14:37:00.000-08:002009-02-04T14:37:00.000-08:00I would like to take the opposing view. I am a pu...I would like to take the opposing view. I am a public health practitioner - and a mother. It is all too easy for the public to coast on the herd immunity my family (and people like us provide). It is my right as a parent to know with some sense of certainty that my child will not be exposed to an infectious disease. There are many laws that have set the precedent - unfortunately sometimes we have to consider the health of the public over the rights of an individual. that does not mean parents shouldn't be informed - but research and information around immunizations is widely available. The internet muddies the boundaries between good information and crap, which is why one must be diligent in find the best information available. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the World Health Organization are just to name a few. <BR/><BR/>It is too easy to worry about the side-effects of a vaccine rather than the death caused by the disease itself. After all, we live in a country that has successfully removed many infectious diseases (due to mass vaccine programs I might add)...but will they stay gone if no one is protected against them?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14812134732746637390noreply@blogger.com