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Are Kids With Religious Exemptions Spreading Disease?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 23, 2019 October 29, 2019 / Amish, Andrew Wakefield, chickenpox outbreaks, Christian Science, congenital rubella syndrome, measles outbreaks, non-medical exemptions, polio outbreaks, religious exemptions, Rita Swan, skipping vaccines, spreading disease, unvaccinated, Waldorf schools

Kids with religious exemptions are at higher risk to get sick and spread vaccine-preventable diseases.

About That Chickenpox Outbreak in New York

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 20, 2019 October 20, 2019 / breakthrough chickenpox, chicken pox myths, chickenpox, chickenpox outbreaks

Although anti-vax folks are excited about a new case of chickenpox at a school in New York, there are a lot of reasons that they shouldn’t be, including that a kid might be sick.

Can Schools Remove Unvaccinated Kids?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 2, 2019 October 2, 2019 / chickenpox, chickenpox outbreaks, choice, contagiousness, discrimination, FERPA, Kentucky, Marysville High School, Michigan, non-medical exemptions, quarantines, removed from school, titers, unvaccinated

Why were 37 kids in Michigan removed from their high school when two classmates developed chickenpox?

Varicella Vaccines

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / September 21, 2016 August 4, 2019 / breakthrough chickenpox, chicken pox myths, chicken pox parties, chickenpox outbreaks, History of Vaccines, immunization schedule, immunizations, live vaccines, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Vaccines

Varivax and Proquad are varicella vaccines that protect kids against chickenpox.

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