120,000 Measles
195,000 Perussis
195,000 Hib
450,000 Rotavirus
480,000 Pneumococcal Diseases
"A child dies every 20 seconds from a vaccine preventable disease."
I will post personal stories, of parents who have lost their loved ones to vaccine preventable diseases:
"When you're looking at a child who's sick, and knowing that's something you've created; that the decision you made inevitably caused this to happen to your child, the guilt you feel is awful"
"We watched him die from pertussis."
"Nothing worked on one side of his body. His face had dropped, he was drooling, he couldn't speak"
"It was a relief for me, knowing that Hepatitis B could stop with me"
"The single most affective thing parents can do is have their child vaccinated."
"What happened to me, doesn't have to happen to you"
"I hope that no one else has to hold their child while they die"
"People are at risk if they have had chickenpox, and almost everyone has had chickenpox"
"It was horrible to watch her suffer like that, and knowing I could have prevented it."
No matter what your stance on vaccines is, you should watch these videos. Anybody who is/will be, a parent/caregiver, should be educated about these diseases, especially if you are choosing not to vaccinate. That is your right, but these illnesses are real. They can cripple or kill, that is fact. They are preventable.
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