Vaccines: focus on adults - Summa Health System

The wars of the world: Saving livesthrough vaccinationDW Kimberlin Inf Dis News. Aug 1, 2011• With this as background, it is incredible to me that anyone woulddeliberately refuse the protections that previous generations wouldhave given their eye teeth to have had. I am certain that today’svaccine refusers love their children just as much as parents did in prioreras. So why would so many people willingly leave their children at realrisk for lifelong disability or death when there is a way to prevent it?• I believe that in most situations, it comes down to a misperception ofwhat the risks really are, and this misperception is aggravated by theonslaught of (mis)information that is available at the click of a mouse.• Measles vaccine does not cause autism, nor does it produceinflammatory bowel disease. In 2011, though, measles virus has killed12 children in France and left six with permanent brain damage. Is itmore dangerous to have your child vaccinated against measles or totake him to France for a wonderful family vacation?