Takeaways from interviews with families forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent
At the time before generalized vaccination, young children often lost their lives because of devastating infectious diseases that were creeping in America. During the next century, vaccines practically destroyed long -term plagues such as polio and measles and considerably reduced the toll of many others. The hesitation in the vaccine has developed while memories of these diseases have faded. But some Americans too well know the reality of vaccine preventable diseases. Their life has been changed forever by rubella, measles, polio and darling, and they clearly see the value of vaccines. Now, while avoidable diseases are starting to make a return, they have a long time to save others with similar pain.