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"Child vaccination has been one of Australia’s biggest success stories. Before
the COVID pandemic, we hit the national target of 95% of one-year-olds fully
vaccinated. Our child vaccination rates were among the best in the world.
Vaccination protects children from potentially severe illnesses such as
measles, mumps and whooping cough. These diseases can cause severe pain, put
children in hospital, risk their lives and leave them with ongoing health
problems.
But Australia’s vaccine success is quickly slipping away. After the pandemic,
the share of one-year-olds who are fully vaccinated kept falling. In some
areas, it’s now barely 80%.
The risks are real. Whooping cough notifications are the highest since records
began, 35 years ago. In the past week, there have been measles exposure sites
in Sydney and regional New South Wales, including hospitals and a high-school
hall.
We don’t want to end up like other countries. In America, dozens of people have
been hospitalised with measles already this year, and Canada has lost its
measles elimination status. An outbreak in London is putting children in
hospital, and may force unvaccinated children to stay home from school."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
