After a 20-year study, Dr. Kempe recommends abolishing smallpox vaccination. Since 1948 there have been no deaths from smallpox in the United States. In the same period more than 300 persons have died fromsmallpox vaccinations, including vaccine-induced encephalitis.
Quotes about vaccination (14 Quotes)
In celebrating the 50th anniversary of Canada's program of universal polio vaccination, we are indeed recognizing an important milestone in Canadian history, ... Although many of our memories associated with polio are somber, this stamp is a celebration of the fact that polio is indeed just a memory in Canada .
There are disadvantages if vaccination is not done in a controlled way. Animals that are inadequately vaccinated may contract the virus anyway and continue to spread it.
Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.
With the absence of a flu vaccination last year, I did not take a flu shot; but there is still some immunity that carries over from year to year; but about every 30 years, there is a major change in the genetics of the flu virus.
I was less successful in my attempts to effect preventive vaccination against typhus by using the virus and in trying to produce large quantities of serum using large animals.
There is no cure for hepatitis B, which is why prevention is critical. Universal vaccination at birth is the most effective way to prevent infection and future consequences of the disease.
Barn-yard medicine has not given us any vaccination procedure that really protects against illness, but many that endanger the body, thateven bring death.
These vaccines hold promise. But before we go ahead with a recommendation for global vaccination, we will first need to know how well these vaccines work in developing parts of the world.
China's experience has shown that vaccination is a very effective way to control bird flu.
There are some groups that are resistant to vaccination because of the belief that influenza shot causes the flu. It doesn't.
The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
The Middle East and northern African countries should be able to build up a line of defense against avian influenza. FAO is more concerned about the situation in eastern Africa, where veterinary services, due to various constraints, should have more difficulties to run efficient bird flu campaigns based on slaughtering infected animals and vaccination,