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Challenging the Concept of Herd Immunity

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / May 22, 2017 February 19, 2020 / epidemiology, herd immunity, Hib, immunity, immunocompromised, measles, natural immunity, Outbreaks, pertussis, Vaccine Misinformation, vaccine myths

Herd immunity is not junk science or a false theory. Herd immunity is real, it works, and explains how people in a community are protected from a disease when vaccination rates are above a certain threshold.

How Can They Make a Vaccine for a Bacteria?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 20, 2019 October 20, 2019 / bacterial meningitis, Bexsero, echo chamber, essential oils, Facebook groups, febrile seizures, Hib, Menactra, meningitis, meningitis vaccines, Menveo, Prevnar, seizures, Trumenba, Vaccine Misinformation, vaccines for bacteria

There are several vaccines that can help protect kids from getting bacterial meningitis.

Hib Vaccines

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / September 21, 2016 August 4, 2019 / epiglottitis, Hib, History of Vaccines, immunization schedule, immunizations, meningitis vaccines, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Vaccines, Walter Orenstein

The Hib vaccine protects against H. influenzae type b (Hib), an invasive bacteria that causes epiglottitis, meningitis, pneumonia, septic arthritis, and cellulitis.

Why Didn’t Everyone Die with Our 1980s Level of Vaccination Rates?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / April 25, 2018 March 24, 2019 / deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases, herd immunity, Hib, J.B. Handley, Jenny McCarthy, measles deaths, measles outbreaks, meningococcal disease, pre-vaccine era, survivorship bias, Vaccine Misinformation

Why didn’t everyone die in the pre-vaccine era when we had fewer vaccines and vaccination rates were below herd immunity levels?

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