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Old 04-20-2006, 11:26 AM
PrettyMama PrettyMama is offline
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Originally Posted by BellyButton
You should not only vaccinate to protect your own children, but to protect others, too. It is a very well known fact that when communities stop vaccinating, diseases that were previously vaccinated against and eliminated, flourish again. We are obligated as a society to vaccinate, to help children that can not be vaccinated, stay alive. The death rate among children was much higher 100 years ago due to no vaccines available or used at all. Why do you think so many more children make it nowadays? The modern medicine and technology play a big role.

BellyButton
We now have antibiotics, IV fluids to fight dehydration and a host of drugs that help the body fight disease.

America has a high infant mortality rate. Children really are not "making it" these days.
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