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Over the last two or three decades, growing numbers of parents in the industrialized

world are choosing not to have their children vaccinated. In trying to explain why this is
occurring, public health commentators refer to the activities of an anti-vaccination
‘movement’.
In the United States, vaccine exemption rates increased from 1% in 2006 to 2% in 2011.
The rate of vaccine-preventable diseases is highest in children whose parents have
rejected more than 1 vaccine for non-medical reasons. Specifically, they are 123 times
more likely to get whooping cough, 28 times more likely to get chickenpox, and 36 times
more likely to get pneumococcal disease. Children in the United States continue to die
from diseases preventable by vaccination. In 2008, there were 5 cases (one fatal) of
invasive Haemophilus influenza type B infection in Minnesota, the largest number since
1992. Three of the children infected, including the child who died, had not received the
vaccines because their parents had postponed or rejected the vaccine
Parents hesitate to vaccinate their children for many reasons. Two of the most prominent
concerns of parents over the past decade have been that

 Vaccines can cause autism.


 Children receive too many vaccines
Currently, this movement, ignorance and lack of information are causes of which
diseases already forgotten are now reemerging

Durante las últimas dos o tres décadas, un número creciente de padres en el mundo
industrializado está eligiendo no vacunar a sus hijos. Al tratar de explicar por qué ocurre
esto, los comentaristas de salud pública se refieren a las actividades de un "movimiento"
anti-vacunación
En los Estados Unidos, las tasas de exenciones de vacunas aumentó de 1% en 2006 al
2% en 2011. La tasa de enfermedades prevenibles por vacunación es mayor en los
niños cuyos padres han rechazado más de 1 vacuna por razones no médicas.
Específicamente, tienen una probabilidad 123 veces mayor de contraer la tos ferina, 28
veces mayor de contraer la varicela y 36 veces mayor de contraer la enfermedad
neumocócica. Los niños en los Estados Unidos siguen muriendo a causa de
enfermedades prevenibles por vacunación. En 2008, hubo 5 casos (uno mortal) de
infección invasiva por Haemophilus influenza de tipo B en Minnesota, la mayor cantidad
desde 1992. Tres de los niños infectados, incluido el niño que murió, no habían recibido
las vacunas debido a que sus padres habían aplazado o rechazado la vacuna
Actualmente, este movimiento, la ignorancia y la falta de información son causas de
que enfermedades ya olvidadas sean ahora reemergentes.

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