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Significant outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease have occurred in communities, schools, and populations that share at least one characteristic: a lower than expected immunization rate for age. This cannot be attributed… Click to show full abstract
Significant outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease have occurred in communities, schools, and populations that share at least one characteristic: a lower than expected immunization rate for age. This cannot be attributed simply to vaccine refusal, hesitancy, deferral, cost, or access, but to a combination of these factors. In the words of the comic strip character Pogo, “we have met the enemy, and he is us.”
Keywords:
childhood immunization;
immunization;
falling childhood;
immunization rates;
enemy falling;
met enemy
Journal Title: North Carolina Medical Journal
Year Published: 2021
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Journal Title: North Carolina Medical Journal
Year Published: 2021
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