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• n  taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
• n  the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine

• Given the risks, the decision to launch a mass vaccination program can be fraught.
• If tubercle bacilli can float through the air and cause disease in people who inhale them, why cannot weakened bacilli be transmitted the same way to achieve mass vaccination?.
• What they are against, she explained, is making vaccination mandatory rather than leaving it up to parents to decide.

• inoculation

News & Articles

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• Protecting best friends
  Wendy, a shepherd-Labrador mix, gets her rabies vaccination shot from Dr. Michele Greco of the Niles Veterinary Clinic during a rabies vaccination clinic for dogs, cats and ferrets held at the Waddell Park pavilion in Niles.
  June 13, 2013 - Tribune Chronicle
• Flu Shots at School Boost Vaccination Rates, Study Finds
  Title: Flu Shots at School Boost Vaccination Rates, Study Finds Category: Health News Created: 6/10/2013 2:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 6/11/2013 12:00:00 AM
  June 12, 2013 - MedicineNet.com
• Adult Vaccination Rates Rise, but Not Enough
  Vaccines are just for kids, right? Not any more. U.S. health officials now recommend at least a half dozen vaccines for adults, to prevent pneumococcus virus, hepatitis, shingles and other ailments. And although the portion of adults who get these vaccinations rises slightly each year, the rates are still far too low to slow the spread of dangerous diseases throughout the general population ...
  June 11, 2013 - Scientific American

Quotes

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• Nicola Roxon in AFP
  This decision now paves the way for a national vaccination programme to start later this month,Roxon said.
• Barbara Loe Fisher in Guardian Unlimited
  Even so, Fisher said, she empathizes with parents tempted to claim the religious exemption: "If a parent has a child who has had a deterioration after vaccination and the doctor says that's just a coincidence, you have to keep vaccinating this...
• Peter McGauran in Melbourne Herald Sun
  To date, the focus has been on vaccinating high-value horses, located in infected areas, as well as securing a buffer zone, to prevent the further spread of EI,Mr McGauran said. "We are now in a position to move to the vaccination of...