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The first day of school is never easy. where we run into trouble. There’s no
There’s bound to be tears and research involved,” she says. “And I foresee
fears, a lot of separation anxiety it’s going to continue to grow and grow
and more than a little heartache. And as people distrust their physicians more
and turn to ‘Dr. Google.’ … The fear that
that’s just what you’re going through. vaccines cause autism needs to be alleviated.
In my 22 years of doing vaccinations, I’ve
To make the transition as smooth never seen it cause autism.”
as possible for everyone involved, take What the vaccines do cause, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention states,
steps now to ensure your children have is a reaction in the immune system that
produces T-lymphocytes and antibodies
everything they need long before they — which remember how to fight a disease
in the future, providing protection against
step foot inside a classroom —including serious, and sometimes fatal, illnesses.
proper vaccinations. Those diseases include chickenpox,
diphtheria, flu (influenza), hepatitis A,
“Vaccinations are very important, hepatitis B, Hib, measles, mumps, polio,
pneumococcal, rotavirus, rubella, tetanus,
SWOICRRKIED they’ve prevented a lot of damage over the whooping cough (pertusiss) and more.
years,” says Dr. Lisa Caso of TenderCare
Pediatrics in Palmer Township. If your child is entering kindergarten,
Yet she says “There’s definitely more of a Pennsylvania requires the following
trend toward less vaccines,” in part because vaccinations: four doses of tetanus (one
parents are buying into unfounded fears dose on or after 4th birthday); four doses of
that the vaccines cause, among other things, diphtheria (one dose on or after 4th birthday);
autism. And that trend is allowing diseases three doses of polio; two doses of measles;
once considered either wiped out or in two doses of mumps; one dose of rubella
decline to gain a foothold. (German measles); three doses of hepatitis B
A fear that “Yes I’ve seen cases of measles; yes I’ve and two doses of varicella (chickenpox).
vaccines cause seen cases of pertusiss … I just had a case
of a whole family that had pertusiss and If your child is entering seventh grade, they
they were walking around, coughing and need one dose of meningococcal conjugate
vaccine (MCV) and one dose of tetanus,
autism puts spreading it,” Caso says. diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap).
schoolchildren Dr. Manju Thomas of Sacred Heart
(and others) at risk Thomas recommends adding yearly
Pediatric Associates in Allentown has influenza vaccines to your child’s vaccination
also seen a rise in the number of children schedule, too. “We had great success last
getting preventable illnesses. “Definitely year,” with the vaccine, she says, adding
that it has the potential to prevent a lot of
pertussis. And I had one mother who flu cases. That’s important, considering Flu.
gov states, “each year an average of 20,000
By Patrick O’Donnell didn’t get her child vaccinated and her children under the age of 5 are hospitalized
for flu-related complications.”
child got chickenpox.” She says that child
In fact, the CDC recommends
was enrolled in a day-care that included “everyone 6 months of age and older
should get a flu vaccine every season” —
children under a year old — too young for and Thomas recommends parents follow
those guidelines closely.
the chickenpox vaccine. “Other parents
“I am very pro-vaccine,” she says. “I think
yelled at her and said things like ‘You’re it is very important. Mankind has survived
until now because of vaccinations … The
exposing my kid to chickenpox because human lifespan has increased so much
because of vaccinations, because we have
you didn’t vaccinate.’ [After that] she eliminated the major killers – influenza,
smallpox, polio, measles, tetanus, diphtheria
changed her mind and decided to get her … One of the major breakthroughs in
medication has been vaccinations.”
other three children vaccinated.”
The experiences are further proof that
parents are putting other children at risk
by jumping to conclusions.
“There’s really no proper study that
states what is causing autism,” Thomas
says. “I think it’s something we have to
study and find out more about. I think
autism is something that was there before,
but in the past, people just called them
‘crazy kids.’ Now we have a name for it.”
Caso echoed Thomas’ observations. “I’m
seeing a lot of [parents with the mindset of]
‘I’m doing it because it’s a fad, not because
I really know what I’m doing’ … and that’s
There’s bound to be tears and research involved,” she says. “And I foresee
fears, a lot of separation anxiety it’s going to continue to grow and grow
and more than a little heartache. And as people distrust their physicians more
and turn to ‘Dr. Google.’ … The fear that
that’s just what you’re going through. vaccines cause autism needs to be alleviated.
In my 22 years of doing vaccinations, I’ve
To make the transition as smooth never seen it cause autism.”
as possible for everyone involved, take What the vaccines do cause, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention states,
steps now to ensure your children have is a reaction in the immune system that
produces T-lymphocytes and antibodies
everything they need long before they — which remember how to fight a disease
in the future, providing protection against
step foot inside a classroom —including serious, and sometimes fatal, illnesses.
proper vaccinations. Those diseases include chickenpox,
diphtheria, flu (influenza), hepatitis A,
“Vaccinations are very important, hepatitis B, Hib, measles, mumps, polio,
pneumococcal, rotavirus, rubella, tetanus,
SWOICRRKIED they’ve prevented a lot of damage over the whooping cough (pertusiss) and more.
years,” says Dr. Lisa Caso of TenderCare
Pediatrics in Palmer Township. If your child is entering kindergarten,
Yet she says “There’s definitely more of a Pennsylvania requires the following
trend toward less vaccines,” in part because vaccinations: four doses of tetanus (one
parents are buying into unfounded fears dose on or after 4th birthday); four doses of
that the vaccines cause, among other things, diphtheria (one dose on or after 4th birthday);
autism. And that trend is allowing diseases three doses of polio; two doses of measles;
once considered either wiped out or in two doses of mumps; one dose of rubella
decline to gain a foothold. (German measles); three doses of hepatitis B
A fear that “Yes I’ve seen cases of measles; yes I’ve and two doses of varicella (chickenpox).
vaccines cause seen cases of pertusiss … I just had a case
of a whole family that had pertusiss and If your child is entering seventh grade, they
they were walking around, coughing and need one dose of meningococcal conjugate
vaccine (MCV) and one dose of tetanus,
autism puts spreading it,” Caso says. diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap).
schoolchildren Dr. Manju Thomas of Sacred Heart
(and others) at risk Thomas recommends adding yearly
Pediatric Associates in Allentown has influenza vaccines to your child’s vaccination
also seen a rise in the number of children schedule, too. “We had great success last
getting preventable illnesses. “Definitely year,” with the vaccine, she says, adding
that it has the potential to prevent a lot of
pertussis. And I had one mother who flu cases. That’s important, considering Flu.
gov states, “each year an average of 20,000
By Patrick O’Donnell didn’t get her child vaccinated and her children under the age of 5 are hospitalized
for flu-related complications.”
child got chickenpox.” She says that child
In fact, the CDC recommends
was enrolled in a day-care that included “everyone 6 months of age and older
should get a flu vaccine every season” —
children under a year old — too young for and Thomas recommends parents follow
those guidelines closely.
the chickenpox vaccine. “Other parents
“I am very pro-vaccine,” she says. “I think
yelled at her and said things like ‘You’re it is very important. Mankind has survived
until now because of vaccinations … The
exposing my kid to chickenpox because human lifespan has increased so much
because of vaccinations, because we have
you didn’t vaccinate.’ [After that] she eliminated the major killers – influenza,
smallpox, polio, measles, tetanus, diphtheria
changed her mind and decided to get her … One of the major breakthroughs in
medication has been vaccinations.”
other three children vaccinated.”
The experiences are further proof that
parents are putting other children at risk
by jumping to conclusions.
“There’s really no proper study that
states what is causing autism,” Thomas
says. “I think it’s something we have to
study and find out more about. I think
autism is something that was there before,
but in the past, people just called them
‘crazy kids.’ Now we have a name for it.”
Caso echoed Thomas’ observations. “I’m
seeing a lot of [parents with the mindset of]
‘I’m doing it because it’s a fad, not because
I really know what I’m doing’ … and that’s
