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Vaccines are life-saving and necessary. There is no evidence linking them to autism. But, WHY do children in the US need nearly 4x as many doses by age two as
by xherberta 10y ago
Vaccines are life-saving and necessary. There is no evidence linking them to autism.
But, WHY do children in the US need nearly 4x as many doses by age two as compared with children in Germany and Finland? Since childhood diseases aren't problematic in those countries, you'd think we could get similar results with a streamlined schedule that looks more like Europe's.
Edit: thanks for the data. European schedules have changed since I knew them.
- dpark 10y agoI don't know. Why do people make these sorts of fear-mongering claims with no supporting data? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_policy#/media/File:US_Vaccination_Schedule.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_policy#/media/File... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_policy#/media/File:Germany_Vaccination_Schedule.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_policy#/media/File... From what I can tell, this claim is simply false. The biggest difference in German vs US vaccination seems to be the lack of recommended flu vaccination in Germany. Plus rotavirus, which is perhaps less prevalent in Germany?
- nkrumm 10y agoThe US does vaccinate more than other countries, but it is not 4-fold higher. See this very interesting infographic: http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h5966/infographic http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h5966/infographic By age 6, the standard vaccine schedule would result in 49 vaccinations in the US, 44 in Germany.