78 Percent Of Colorado Kids Fully Immunized
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Updated: 1:47 PM Sep 5, 2008
78 Percent Of Colorado Kids Fully Immunized
An estimated 78 percent of Colorado children under age 3 were considered fully immunized last year, according to the annual National Immunization Survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Posted: 7:31 AM Sep 5, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press
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An estimated 78 percent of Colorado children under age 3 were considered fully immunized last year, according to the annual National Immunization Survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The national average was about 77 percent of children under age 3 receiving six vaccinations for childhood diseases like measles, polio and chickenpox.

Governor Ritter has set a goal for the state to surpass an 80 percent immunization rate.

Colorado's rate ranked 18th among states, although state health officials say the statistical variation associated with the survey means there's virtually no difference between Colorado and most states.

The 2006 rate for Colorado was listed at about 76 percent.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Posted by: InformedParent Location: Colorado Springs on Sep 5, 2008 at 01:14 PM

Many parents believe that their children are better served without having their bodies subjected to massive amounts of vaccines. Vaccines that are not even always effective for illnesses that most of the parents got as children and did just fine. Many don't appreciate the government forcing its way into private homes once again to control a situation which really stems from drug companies making money by frightening people to comply.
Posted by: David Location: Colo Springs on Sep 5, 2008 at 11:32 AM

So the good news is that more kids were protected last year than the year before, and we're a little bit ahead of the national average. The bad news is that 22% of kids (that's almost 1 in 4) is still NOT immunized. So we still have a long way to go to protect ALL our kids from preventable and potentially fatal diseases.
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