2.  About 87% of children 19-35 months are vaccinated.  This includes measles, polio, tetanus and a few others.

3.  This is a pretty good statistic. The majority of people are vaccinating their kids.  Vaccines are a form of prevention.  They make it possible for a child to develop immunity to some pretty terrible diseases.

4.  What happens to the 13% of children that don’t get vaccinated?  Do they die? Or become seriously ill?

5.  Death or illness is always a possibility.  And an infectious child could spread the disease to others who are not immune.  Adults can be more at risk when exposed to childhood illnesses.

6.  This can cause an outbreak.  We had an outbreak in December last year at Disneyland.  On February 9 of 2015 there were 121 cases of the measles.  All stemming from one child in Disneyland.

7.  These outbreaks are what happen when people decide that it is not important to vaccinate their children.  They might decide this because of the opinion of family members, or because of an article online which might not be very reliable.  Some may even decide not to vaccinate because the government has told us we need to.

8.  Whatever the reason, it does not matter. People can still get sick because someone didn’t vaccinate their child.

9.  Some might say, “But wait, measles isn’t around anymore.”  Just because you don’t see it, doesn’t mean it isn’t there.

10.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has live viruses that they use for testing.  This can help them make better vaccines and understand any virus more fully.

11.  Vaccines are very important. They may seem like no big deal, but they can and do save lives.  People need to vaccinate their children.

12. Credits  http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web. 31 March 2015. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/  Kohn, Sally. "I Didn't Vaccinate My Child and I Regret It". The Daily Beast 3 February 2015. Print.  Phillip, Abby. "Obama to Parents Doubting 'Indisputable' Science: 'Get Your Kids Vaccinated'". Washington Post 2 February 2015. Print.  Ropeik, David. "Vilifying Parents Who Don't Vaccinate Their Kids Is Counterproductive". www.blogs.scientificamerican.com. n.p. 2 Feb. 2015. Web.