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Immunization: Children
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While Dr. Edward Jenner (1749-1823) has been recognized as the first doctor to give sophisticated immunization, it was British dairy farmer Benjamin Jesty who noticed that "milkmaids" did not become infected with smallpox and displayed a milder form. Jesty took the pus from an infected cow's udder and inoculated his wife and children with cowpox, thereby making them immune to smallpox. By injecting a human with the cowpox virus (which was harmless to humans), Jenner swiftly found that the immunized human was then ... immune to smallpox. The process spread quickly, and the use of cowpox immunization has led to the almost total eradication of smallpox in modern human society. After successful vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the eradication of smallpox in 1979.
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During the second half of the 20th century, a new process called immunization was introduced on a wide scale. This led to the global eradication of smallpox, the elimination of poliomyelitis from the Americas, and has almost eliminated tetanus, diphtheria, mumps, and the horrible congenital rubella syndrome. Immunization has greatly reduced the incidence of measles, pertussis, and meningitis. Millions of deaths and other tragedies have been prevented. It’s important and empowering for parents to understand why and when their children need a specific vaccine and to learn about the safety and risks of vaccines.
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Classen's research indicates most cases of diabetes caused by vaccines occur between 24 to 48 months after immunization of young children but the delay can be shorter in older children with prior damage to their pancreas. The time delay between vaccination and diabetes corresponds exactly to work from several independent groups which showed a similar delay between the initiation of autoimmunity to the insulin secreting islet cells and the development of diabetes.
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The CDC recommends influenza immunization for all persons who want to reduce the risk of becoming ill with influenza or of transmitting the virus to others, including school-aged children. Annual vaccination is especially important for children 6 through 59 months of age, persons 50 years of age and older, pregnant women, and anyone 6 months of age and older with a chronic medical condition such as asthma and diabetes. The vaccine ... is recommended for persons who live with or care for persons at high risk, including household contacts and health-care workers.
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"We strongly recommend that health care providers and parents continue to immunize their children, since the health of all children could be seriously jeopardized by a drop in immunization rates," said Mohammad N. Akhter, MD, MPH, executive director of APHA. "Furthermore, APHA advocates that efforts be made to ensure the highest safety standards in vaccine development, manufacture, and distribution, in order to limit adverse effects. These efforts must include research directed to the elimination of the rare unfavorable reactions to immunizations."
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The FDA cleared yesterday a controversial new pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine with questionable safety and a US government advisory panel is planning to selectively target black children and Native American children for immunization. This plan is being criticized for making children of certain racial minorities "human guinea pigs". It is possible that 1% or more of the children who receive the vaccine may develop insulin dependent diabetes or another autoimmune disease from the vaccine.
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