Do you believe in vaccinations for children?

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The photo shows another of the woodworking items being displayed in the clubhouse. Falling vaccination rates have allowed measles, whooping cough and diphtheria to resurface as major health concerns. One Australian paediatrician has been in practice for 30 years and never seen a case of diphtheria but there are now 267 cases. A British mother, Rebecca Archer, lost her daughter, Renae, to the ravages of measles. Renae contracted measles at just five months and seemed to make a good recovery. However, a decade later, she was a very sick little girl and was eventually diagnosed with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). This is a rare but fatal complication of measles, taking seven-to-10 years to produce symptoms. In the United Kingdom, of those children who contract the virus, a fifth will be hospitalised, one in 20 will get pneumonia, which is the leading cause of death, while one in 10 will develop an ear infection that can lead to permanent hearing loss. Most will be unvaccinated children under the age of 10. Figures aren’t much different in other countries. Hitting the news today were figures of measle cases in the US, and some Australians have bought back the highly infectious disease from Singapore. Everyone has their own views on vaccinations, but it seems to me parents run a great risk when they refuse to vaccinate their children.