http://www.raising4boys.com/2006/04/27/newborn-vaccine-breakthrough/ parenting tips, tricks and commentary Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:44:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.raising4boys.com/2006/04/27/newborn-vaccine-breakthrough/comment-page-1/#comment-316 dad Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:58:30 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2006/04/27/newborn-vaccine-breakthrough/#comment-316 There are a couple of factors at work here... One is the death rate of kids under two months. In developed countries, this isn't that high, so early vaccinations might not help as much as in developing countries. The other thing that you have to consider is that a lot of times (especially in developing countries) there's not much contact with the healthcare system after birth. In the absence of regular 'well-child' checkups, there may not be an opportunity to immunize kids later in life, so early vaccination could have a huge impact. There are a couple of factors at work here… One is the death rate of kids under two months. In developed countries, this isn’t that high, so early vaccinations might not help as much as in developing countries. The other thing that you have to consider is that a lot of times (especially in developing countries) there’s not much contact with the healthcare system after birth. In the absence of regular ‘well-child’ checkups, there may not be an opportunity to immunize kids later in life, so early vaccination could have a huge impact.

]]> http://www.raising4boys.com/2006/04/27/newborn-vaccine-breakthrough/comment-page-1/#comment-304 jim Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:18:09 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2006/04/27/newborn-vaccine-breakthrough/#comment-304 Not having kids I wouldn't know, but would it save a lot of lives if you could vaccinate kids under 2 months old? Not having kids I wouldn’t know, but would it save a lot of lives if you could vaccinate kids under 2 months old?

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