should children be vaccinated

SHOULD CHILDREN BE

VACCINATED?

Personal decision or law?

Nobody likes to get shots.

Sometimes a shot can be

avoided.

This is an unvaccinated child.

So is this!

This famous person wasn’t

vaccinated.

FDR

This one was.

Jenny McCarthy blames

her sons Autism on

vaccinations.

Do you take the chance?

Chicken Pox

Polio

Measles

Mumps

Rubella

SHOULD VACCINATIONS

BE A CHOICE?

SHOULD WE ALLOW UNVACCINATED

CHILDREN TO ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS?

SHOULD RELIGION BE A

FACTOR?

A FEW OF THE VACCINE PREVENTABLE

DISEASES

DISEASE SYMPTOMS COMPLICATIONS

Chickenpox Rash, tiredness, headache, fever Infected blisters, bleeding disorders, encephalitis

Rubella rash, fever, and swollen lymph nodes Very serious in pregnant women—can lead to miscarriage,

stillbirth, premature delivery, and birth defects

HepA fever, stomach pain, loss of appetite,

fatigue, vomiting, jaundice

Liver failure

HepB fever, headache, weakness, vomiting,

jaundice (yellowing of skin and eyes),

joint pain

Chronic liver infection, liver failure, liver cancer

Measles Rash, fever, cough, runny nose,

pinkeye

Encephalitis (brain swelling), pneumonia, death

Mumps Swollen salivary glands, fever,

headache, tiredness, muscle pain

Meningitis, encephalitis (brain swelling), inflammation of testicles

or ovaries, deafness

Polio May be no symptoms, sore throat,

fever, nausea, headache

Paralysis, death