Facts About The Vax
As the nation prepares to go back to school and back to work, it is critical that every person eligible to receive the vaccines be able to manage their test and treatments in a timely, coordinated, private, and secure fashion.
Vaccinations are the key to preventing life-threatening diseases.
Vaccines prevent 20+ life-threatening diseases
-World Health Organization
-World Health Organization
Nearly 20 million infants each year can’t access vaccines
-World Health Organization
-World Health Organization
About 71% of children 19-35 months old received the Combined 7-vaccine series in the US
-Center for Diseases Control And Prevention
-Center for Diseases Control And Prevention
2-3 Million deaths per year are Prevented using vaccines
-World Health Organization
-World Health Organization
Additional Facts:
- 91% of children aged 19-35 months have received the Chickenpox (Varicella) vaccination in the United States.
- Every year, tens of thousands of Americans get sick from vaccine-preventable diseases.
- In 2019, California encountered 6 outbreaks of Measles – a vaccine-preventable disease.
- January 2016 to June 2017, health departments reported 150 Mumps outbreaks (9,200 cases), including households, schools, universities, athletics teams for a vaccine-preventable disease.
- Six NHL Hockey Teams had more than two dozen cases of Mumps in 2014.
- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), among children born between 1994 and 2018, vaccination will prevent an estimated 419 million illnesses, 26.8 million hospitalizations, and 936,000 deaths over their lifetimes.
- The CDC provides a recommended immunization schedule that is designed to protect children from 14 potentially serious diseases before their second birthday.
- 70.4% of children aged 19-35 months have received the Combined 7-vaccine series in the United States (DTaP, Polio, MMR, Hep B, Hib, Varicella, and Pneumococcal conjugate).