The Hometown Treasure February 2012 | Page 44

Smart Choices U.S with 136 cases associated deaths. Because vaccines protect against disease which one person passes on to another, laws have been made to protect gathering of people especially Luke Pamer with Morag Miller, RPh children in our schools. In order to attend public schools children have had Health Service. to have up-to-date immunizations. A We know without a doubt that The names of serious diseases like vaccines have reduced dramatically the recent vaccine for chicken pox has been diphtheria, smallpox, polio, rubella, around since 1995. From the rate of number of infectious diseases along whooping cough, and measles used to 4 million cases annually with 11,000 with the human suffering these disbe frightening words to hear in Amer- eases can cause. Yet history shows that hospitalizations and 145 deaths, the ica due to the suffering these diseases when there is low incidence of disease, rate of death in children ages 1 to 4 could cause. Now most of us don’t even the attention shifts from the proven has decreased 66% since vaccinations know the symptoms of these diseases have become widespread according to benefits of vaccines to the risks. or anyone who has suffered with one the “Westview Corp. officers immuniAlthough vaccines are among the of these potentially life-threatening zation clinic” article in the LaGrange safest drug interventions available, diseases. Vaccinations are the reason Standard. with only a very small percentage of we are not afraid for ourselves or our Recently it was made public that those immunized having serious side children. Westview schools will be forced to exeffects, there is a push in some areas Prior to the 1950’s, hundreds of clude non-immunized students or staff today from well meaning people to thousands of people came down yearly stop giving children vaccinations from attending school for a time, if the with measles, mumps, diphtheria, and because of the potential risk. Unfortu- local Health Department determines pertussis. Tens of thousands developed nately, these infectious diseases have there is an outbreak of chicken pox smallpox, rubella, and polio. After not gone away, so when the vaccination in the district. It is a choice to receive almost sixty years of vaccinations, in rate lowers as it did in 1989, the occur- vaccines for ourselves or our children. 2008, there were actually zero cases rence of a disease like measles increas- Knowing the facts will help you protect of diphtheria, smallpox, and polio in es as it did then to 55,000 cases in the your family’s health. the U.S. The other disease incidence had been reduced by 93% to 99.9%, all Free Estimates! because of vaccinations. The use of widespread vaccines have unquestionably saved untold amounts of human suffering, human life and direct medical costs to society, 59323 CR 35 protecting those we love from some Middlebury, IN 46540 of the most debilitating and deadly We Specialize In Customer Satisfaction! diseases of this past century. Imagine Standard Sizes in stock for your new house! living even in the 1960’s being one of (????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????))????e????)??)!?????M????e????)????????????????????????????????(??????????(??????????(??????????????????????????)??????????????Q????????????)?????????????????????????)????????????????????????????)%??????????????????)???????????????????????????)??????M??????4??)]????????????????????????) =I?e=T? Ud)A ???????T?L?A????+???M??????!???????????!??) ??????????????()Y??????????????() ????? ???Y???]??????()M?????? ????M????Q?????A????]??????()M?????????(+???M???????? ????????? ??????+??? ????A??????]?????)?????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????((?????????????????8?5?????M?????Q???????%8()?????????????)%????????????????????)M??????????????)???????????????)Q???!??????Q?????? ??????`?? ???????????)Q???!??????Q?????? ??????`?? ?((0