Get vaccinations

Get vaccinations

Published Oct 5, 2011 01:01AM MDT

A national survey shows that about 10 percent of parents in America are ignoring the advice of health agencies and doctors and are failing to have their children vaccinated against infectious diseases. That is nothing but irresponsible parenting, and it puts not only the children of those parents at risk but other children as well.
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