From smallpox to polio, we have learned that vaccines save lives. The troubling number of parents are not vaccinating their children. Last september, this Committee Held a hearing about the ebola virus. A brave and physician who worked in liberia and contracted people a and a brave father contracted people a e ebola. There was and is no cure. There was and is no vaccine. This produced a near panic in the United States. It changed procedures in nearly every hospital and clinic. Every member one chattanooga Public Health officer saying it is all people up all the time every day ebola all the time every day. Measles is too sick and up to 4 million americans each year. Many believed it was an unpreventable childhood illness. Introduction of a vaccine in 1963 changed everything. Measles was declared eliminated. Absence of continuous disease transmission for more than 12 months. From 20012012, the median number of cases reported in all of our country was about 60. Today is february 10, 2015
Objection, a simple letter signed by a. Doctor can. How often however about the mistrust of how often would you say its the latter that the vaccine schedule is too rigorous, and what reassurances could you provide to parents on this concern . Many parents do mention the number of shots children get at a particular visit as something that concerns them. We like to let people know that vaccines are recommended at the time theyre recommended because of the way they work and because of the disease risk. So our Advisory Committee reviews the science of the vaccines and diseases and updates the schedule every year based on the best information available. So we, you know i strongly recommend parents get their children vaccinated on time and according to the schedule. In answer to the chairmans question which really nailed the issue right off the bat, there was a major danish study published in 2002. 540,000 children showed definitely there was no relationship between mmr somebody ie, measles
Introduce our panel of witnesses. After that, senators will each have five minutes of questions. We have two panelists today. In two hours for the hearing we will end about noon. We will have an hour for each panel and i will and the first panel at 11 00. From smallpox to polio, we have learned that vaccines save lives. Yet, a troubling number of parents are not vaccinating their children. Last september, this Committee Held a hearing about the ebola virus. Our witnesses included a brave and physician who worked in liberia and contracted people a and contracted ebola. There was and is no cure. There was and is no vaccine. This produced a near panic in the United States. It changed procedures in nearly every hospital and clinic. I remember one chattanooga Public Health officer saying it is ebola all the time, every day. In response, congress appropriated more than 5 billion to fight the spread of the virus. The impact of efforts is that the number of people a cases are declining. At the
Ten projects will receive funding to help address adult immunization gaps in communities across the country
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