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Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc
I have patients with profoundly compromised immune systems that cannot receive their vaccines and would likely have extremely severe (possibly fatal) complications from infection from what is by-and-large a completely preventable disease...
80% of all children who are diagnosed with cancer will be long-term survivors - it would be a shame for some child to go through chemotherapy, radiation and/or immunotherapy only to die because someone refuses to vaccinate their child.
Rant off.
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As a rabid defender of individual liberty and opposer of government encroachment, I view this issue as one of public heath. We, as a civilization, have taken great steps to rid the world of many crippling diseases. Those who cannot be vaccinated rely on the rest of us to keep the diseases at bay.