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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you actually put this into effect? Do you really question everyone before playdates, parties, classes, playground, etc?

I could maybe understand TDAP, MMR, etc, but the Flu? The CDC even said this years vaccine was not nearly as effective thanks to a mutation. What about just common sense? Don't let your kids around people who are sick, wash hands often, etc?

DD is fully vaxed (minus the flu) but I would never tell her she can't have a playdate with a friend just because they were not vaxed.[b] I mean that's the point of vaccinations right? To keep the child from getting the disease, even if they come into contact with it?[/b][/quote]

No vaccine is 100% effective. For example, some vaccinated people don't produce a good immune response. That's why it's important to vaccination a very high proportion of the population, so that the vaccine-preventable illness can't spread. That's called herd immunity, and here is a good visual demonstration of how it works:

http://www.health.harvard.edu/video/herd-immunity/[/quote]

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