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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-10 10:57 AM
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(British) Toddlers to get 'six in one' jabs (vaccines)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11809967

"After their first birthday toddlers will be offered a single appointment to have three injections to guard against measles, mumps, rubella, two types of meningitis and a form of pneumonia.

This replaces the existing NHS policy for England and Wales of spacing the vaccines over a couple of months.

The change is designed to boost vaccination rates.

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Currently around 85% of all toddlers turn up to get immunised. Although this is more than in previous years, experts are still having to work hard to get the figure up to the 95% level that is necessary to effectively stop the spread of the disease in the community.

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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-10 11:03 AM
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-10 11:36 AM
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-10 11:13 AM
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evirus Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-10 12:07 PM
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3. defiantly a needed change
the amount of things experienced that will "stress" a child's immune system in a typical day simply dwarfs these "all in one" vaccines.

http://www.quackwatch.com/03HealthPromotion/immu/too_many.html
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