Incubation Period of Diseases
To avoid getting others sick, keep your kids home during the entire incubation period after they are exposed to someone else who is sick.
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Shedding and Vaccines
Unlike many other myths about vaccines, shedding is a real thing. It is just much, much less common than it is made out to be. And it is very rarely something to be concerned about. There is especially no research to suggest that children who were recently vaccinated, except in rare and very specific circumstances, …
Chicken Pox Parties
How can parents still be exposing kids to a potentially life threatening disease at a chicken pox party when a safe and effective vaccine is available?
Quarantines for Vaccine Preventable Diseases
In addition to vaccines, quarantines are an important way to control vaccine-preventable diseases.