Day: 12 March 2014

Falling Immunisation rates. (The Age article 12.2.14)

Quote: “A swath of inner-city, affluent Melbourne suburbs are falling below safe vaccination rates for children, leaving doctors worried about an increased risk of potentially fatal diseases…”

Dr Sharon Woolf provides a brief reflection on the impact of vaccination on common diseases.

I have been a GP in Glen Iris for the last 33 years, and I have witnessed the enormous benefit of our community vaccination programs.