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Vindoua@lemmy.world to Public Health@mander.xyz · 2 months ago

US kindergarten vaccination rates dip as exemptions hit record high

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US kindergarten vaccination rates dip as exemptions hit record high

www.theguardian.com

Vindoua@lemmy.world to Public Health@mander.xyz · 2 months ago
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New CDC data shows MMR vaccination among kindergarteners declining slightly as non-medical exemptions climb to 4.2%
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  • Zephorah@discuss.online
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    When people avoid cheap, affordable health care.

  • BuckFutter@timeyak.com
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    This will definitely have consequences in the future. Looks like history will be repeating itself here.

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    though rarely fatal, measles is a serious, highly -contagious disease with several potential lifelong consequences

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      Common complications include diarrhea (in 8% of cases), middle ear infection (7%), and pneumonia (6%).[5] These occur in part due to measles-induced immunosuppression.[6] Less commonly, seizures, blindness, or inflammation of the brain may occur.[5][7]

      Measles is an airborne disease which spreads easily from one person to the nextthrough the coughs and sneezes of infected people.[7] It may also be spread through direct contact with mouth or nasal secretions.[7] It is extremely contagious: nine out of ten people who are not immune and share living space with an infected person will be infected. Furthermore, measles’s reproductive number estimates vary beyond the frequently cited range of 12 to 18…

      -Wikipedia 
      

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