White, wealthy and unvaccinated - CNN.com - 0 views
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In California, the kindergarten students most likely to be exempt from mandatory vaccinations based on their parent's personal beliefs are white and wealthy
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Vaccine exemption percentages were higher in mostly white, high-income neighborhoods such as Orange County, Santa Barbara and parts of the Bay Area.
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, when parents refuse vaccines it's usually due to concerns about children receiving too many shots or developing side effects, including autism
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concluded childhood vaccines are safe, and a complete retraction of the study that spawned the fear that vaccines cause autism
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One reason may be that some parents are trying to protect their children's immunity from diseases by insisting on specialized diets and natural living practices instead of vaccines, according to a different study.
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"Vaccines are becoming the victims of their own success. Most people have never witnessed the infections that vaccines prevent."
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If enough people get vaccinated you achieve "herd immunity" -- the bodies of so many people have been tricked that there's little chance of a widespread outbreak
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"It's an unfortunate thing that people die, but people die. I'm not going to put my child at risk to save another child," Wolfson said