Common Myths | Diseases | The Whats | Statistics | True/False |
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What is natural infection
"----" is less risky than vaccines
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What is 14
Number of diseases vaccines protect against in the current schedule
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What is additives in vaccines
Aluminum, Formaldehyde, Gelatin, Polyethylene glycol and mercury/thimerosal.
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What is current overall immunization rate in Canada
84% of the country has participated in this prevention
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True
The HPV vaccine is the first anti cancer vaccine
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What is delayed vaccine schedule
this type of vaccine schedule is better for babies and kids' immune system
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What is 30%
Vaccine preventable diseases increased by this much in the last 9 years, 2005-2014.
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What is herd immunity
the more vaccinated = less disease
aka "Community Immunity" |
What is Ontario
In this province 8 million vaccines are given yearly
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What is false
Vaccines can cause seizures
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What is Immune system
Vaccines overload this system...
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What is characteristics of flu vaccines
1. vaccine takes 2 wks to develop immunity
2. it does not protect against the common cold or other viruses seen during flu season 3. it may not be exactly the right strain 4. your body may not be fully responding to the vaccine 5. it is a killed virus,not a live one |
What is vaccine safety surveillance
IMPACT - Immunization Monitoring Program, ACTive documents any harm caused by vaccines
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What is serious adverse events
2 per every 1 million doses given
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What is false
Vaccines cause brain damage
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What is autism
Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent study in 1998 saying MMR vaccine caused...
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What is eczema
Several large scale studies have disproved the concern that vaccines cause asthma, allergies, food allergies and this skin concern.
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What is vaccines "revving up" the immune system
Vaccines work by make antibodies specific to particular germs - they are "smart bombs with memory"
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What is the golden percentage
When herd immunity works:
more vaccinated = less disease occurs when there is 95% rate |
What is false
Doctors are paid extra amounts to give vaccines
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What are fetal cells
There are large amounts of these cells' DNA fragments in vaccines
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What is MS, type I diabetes, chronic arthritis.
There were hypotheses saying that vaccines cause stimulation of the immune system to attack itself. Therefore causing these assumed immune issues. Example: Natural infections such as Lyme disease can cause chronic arthritis. This is because natural infections are better able to grow in humans than vaccines. Vaccines are weakened pathogens and not as able to adapt to grow in humans
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What is 3 main vaccine types
Inactivated – no live germs
Examples: flu, Hep A and B, Hib, pertussis, pneumococcal, inactivated polio Live attenuated – weak forms of live germs Examples: measles, mumps, rubella, oral polio, varicella, rotavirus Toxoids – inactivated bacterial toxins ex: diphtheria, tetanus |
What is leading cause of death in kids worldwide
20 million cases of Measles per year
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What is true
factual accurate websites:
immunize.ca cps.ca cdc.gov aap.org immunize.org voicesforvaccines.org |