FRESNO (KMJ) — Parents valley wide are being reminded to vaccinate their kids – because it might help save their life.
It comes with the start of National Infant Immunization Week – which in itself has come at a very apt time. The measles scare emanating from Disneyland has been declared over – and a state senator is trying his best to push through legislation which will ensure as many kids as possible are vaccinated.
“We have a high rate of children being immunized”, says Fresno County Department of Public Health’s Leticia Berber. “We see some diseases not around as much as we used to see them – back before vaccines were available”.
She adds that diseases like whooping cough – chicken pox – and measles can all be kept well away from the Valley’s children with a simple inoculation. But recent fears over side affects has been standing in the way of more kids not getting immunized.
“Those studies were discredited – and the health department stands by that”, says Leticia. “We’re educating the public in those studies and those proofs”.
Experts say vaccines are amongst one of the most successful and cost effective means of protecting kids from serious disease.
