MEDRADSC 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Herd Immunity, Measles, Genital Wart
25 Feb 2018
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Laws and requirements in ontario: valid exemptions, optional vaccinations. Immunization: 100 years ago-infectious diseases were the leading cause of death worldwide, now-less than 5% of all deaths (canada, measles is an r18 (1 person can infect 18 people) What is herd immunity: community immunity: a situation in which a sufficient proportion of a population is immune to an infectious disease (through vaccination and/or prior illness) to make its spread from person to person unlikely. Immunization: o(cid:374)ta(cid:396)io"s pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)ly fu(cid:374)ded i(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)izatio(cid:374) (cid:272)hedules, ministry of health and long-term care"s publicly, funded immunization schedules for ontario provides a list of vaccines and the recommended vaccine schedules. Does everyone have to be vaccinated: exemptions video: https://www. ontario. ca/page/vaccines. 64e: ta(cid:396)ti(cid:374)g epte(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) (cid:1005), (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)7, you"ll (cid:374)eed to, go to your local public health unit to complete an education session that covers, basic information about immunization, vaccine safety. Belief form and submit the originals to your local public health unit (they will tell you how).
