Vaccines prevent more than 700,000 child deaths in the U.S.: CDC
[div class="excerpt" style="margin-left:1em; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; border-radius:0.4615em; box-shadow:3px 3px 3px #999999;"]A federal government program launched 20 years ago to increase vaccinations for low-income children in the United States will prevent more than 700,000 deaths, but measles remains a stubborn adversary, with more than 129 cases so far this year, a federal agency said on Thursday.
Most of the U.S. measles cases are linked to unvaccinated travelers from abroad, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.
The first four months of this year have brought more measles cases than any similar period since 1996, in part because of serious outbreaks in countries such as the Philippines, the agency said. There have been no deaths from the disease reported in the United States this year, the CDC said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/24/us-usa-health-vaccines-idUSBREA3N27V20140424
This just illustrates the importance of making sure both you, your children and others are protected, if you can, then vaccinate, there's no non-medical reason not to.
