Talk:Vaccination schedule

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[edit] Last Paragraph of the Page

"Although the benefits far outway the concequences, many parents are choosing to not immunize their children. This has the potential for an outbreak of disease that could be catastrophic to our children and young adults."

I belive this is a very POV paragraph and I would like to remove it, but since I am a good little wikipedian, I would like to make sure that I am not in the minority here. I dont see how this could be rewritten to not be POV but if someone feels up the challenge, go for it. Thanks Lauren 18:00, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I also think that quote is ridiculously biased and has no business being in a Wikipedia article. Shameful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.250.169.106 (talk) 04:46, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Table of illnesses

I'm still thinking about whether this table is a good idea or not for this particular article. It's interesting information, but I'm not sure if it's really on point for the article topic. It might help to discuss here what the purpose of the table is meant to be in this context.

I have a couple of concerns about the table contents. With respect to mortality, the qualitative descriptors ("rare", "very rare", etc.) should probably be updated to include actual numbers from a reputable source (CDC or WHO, perhaps?) Is 1% "low" mortality? The mortality also reflects what is seen in industrialized nations; without access to modern medical care, many 'minor' ailments can become life-threatening.

The other thing that shouldn't be neglected is the associated morbidity; many of these diseases can have serious quality of life effects without causing death. Varicella (chickenpox) is rarely fatal, but it's damned unpleasant to have—I know; I had it when I was a kid. Because I've been infected, I may develop herpes zoster (shingles) some decades in the future. (That's really nasty, but again only rarely fatal.) A fairly common (~20% of cases) complication of shingles is postherpetic neuralgia, which also sucks. Similarly, if poliomyelitis doesn't kill you while you're young, you may be looking at post-polio syndrome forty years down the road. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 03:34, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes morbidity definitely needs to be mentioned to balance out the table! Paralysis and cirrhosis are some of the issues that vaccinations are trying to prevent, not just death. Andrew73 14:58, 10 February 2006 (UTC)