It's not just measles: Mumps, whooping cough and other vaccine-preventable diseases are still in the US
Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a practicing pediatrician and a Stanford and CNN Global Health and Media Fellow.
She walked into the emergency room with an infant in her arms."My baby, please help my baby," she said between sobs. I followed her into the room and asked what her baby's name was and whether I could hold her. The child was beautiful -- a tiny, precious, beautiful baby girl. But the minute her mom put her in my arms, I knew that something was very wrong. She could not move her neck. Her shoulders pressed up toward her ears, and she held very still, visibly uncomfortable. Pediatrician: How I partnered with parents who didn't want to vaccinateI am a calm pediatrician who takes pride in my composure. I would normally ask questions while holding and examining her. Not that day.
"It's just such severe dizziness that they can't walk or stand, and they're nauseated," Bell explained. According to the CDC, most of the cases that make up varicella outbreaks occur in unvaccinated people, and those who are vaccinated typically have a milder disease course. "We in the medical profession and the developers of these vaccines have been so successful that now, we have a whole generation of parents who just don't remember," Bell said.
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