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We Know What Happens If We Stop Vaccinating

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / April 10, 2019 / delaying vaccines, diphtheria, Europe, herd immunity, Israel, Japan, measles outbreaks, Outbreaks, skipping vaccines, spreading disease, stop vaccinating, Sweden, travel, travel alert, travel vaccines, Ukraine, Vaccine Preventable Diseases

It’s no surprise. If we stop vaccinating, diseases that are now vaccine preventable will come back. How do we know? Because it has happened already. We Know What Happens If We Stop Vaccinating It has happened a lot, actually. Remember when Sweden stopped using the DPT vaccine? Between 1979 and 1996, Sweden suspended vaccination against …

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When Was the Last Case of Diphtheria?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / March 5, 2019 / cutaneous diphtheria, diphtheria, diphtheria deaths, DPT, DTaP, elimination, eradicated diseases, strangling angel, Tdap, Vaccine Preventable Diseases

The last case of diphtheria wasn’t that long ago…

Are the Tdap and DTaP Vaccines the Same Thing?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / March 3, 2019 / antigens, booster doses, combination vaccines, diphtheria, DTaP, pertussis, pertussis vaccines, Tdap, tetanus shots, Vaccines

What’s the difference between Tdap and DTaP?

Alternative Names for Vaccine Preventable Diseases

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / February 28, 2019 / 10-day measles, 100-day cough, 3-day measles, benefits, diphtheria, harmless killer, nicknames, pertussis, polio, rabies, red measles, risks, smallpox, stories of vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccine myths, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, waning immunity

If you think about how vaccine-preventable diseases got their nicknames, you likely won’t ever think that they are so mild anymore.

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