MYTH: These kids at the border have diseases that they will spread to us and our kids in school FACT: Paula I. Fujiwara, the scientific director of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, recently explained, that there is no health crisis from immigrant children at the border. The countries that the kids are traveling from actually have higher vaccination rates than the United States. The U.S. has a 92 percent vaccination rate for measles. Mexico vaccinates 99 percent of its children; Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras all have a 93 percent vaccination rate.
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 01:18:14 +0000
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