How to Get Vaccinated Without Parental Consent

Re:How to Get Vaccinated Without Parental Consent by sintaxi on Monday January 13, 2020 @12:38AM (#22032103)

This article is deliberately misleading you.

Here are WHO statistics which show immunization rates in New Zealand (which are higher than they have ever been before)...

https://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/dat...

Here are WHO statistics which show incidences of vaccine-preventable diseases in New Zealand (there is no notable increase)...

http://apps.who.int/immunization_monitoring/globalsummary/in...

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Re:How to Get Vaccinated Without Parental Consent by teruakohatu on Monday January 13, 2020 @01:06AM (#22032202)

I was going to reply saying the same thing. Here is a Stats NZ breakdown:

http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/snapshots-of-n...

The loony anti-vax middle class need to be watched to prevent a future outbreak, but given the numbers it is hard to argue they are responsible for this one.

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Re:How to Get Vaccinated Without Parental Consent by xupybd on Monday January 13, 2020 @01:36AM (#22032345)

Interesting I'd assumed the recent outbreak (https://www.health.govt.nz/your-health/conditions-and-treatm...) was due to a drop in vaccinations, I stand corrected.

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