Author: everychildbytwo


What We Have is a Failure To Communicate

Several weeks ago, there was a link to a petition that was posted on our Vaccinate Your Baby Facebook page.  The petition was in objection to an anti-vaccination ad...


Day By Day, Shot By Shot

Every Easter season I imagine how devastating it would be to watch your child suffer and die.  While I sat in church yesterday, blessed to be among my family...


OB-GYNs Have Critical Role in Immunizations for Women

It’s about time that we provide immunization information to the patients that need it most through the doctors they see the most.  I’m referring to women and their ob-gyns. When you stop...


Why Worry About the Unvaccinated?

We hear this question a lot:  “If vaccines work so well, then why would you worry if I’m vaccinated or not?   It’s a reasonable question to ask. After all, we get vaccinated to...


Listing vaccine ingredients and understanding them. There’s a difference.

Unfortunately, the vaccination rate in the state of Maine has declined from 90% to less than 80% in the past 10 years.  Now, two vaccine bills may further threaten vaccine rates in the...


A New Host for a Persistent Virus

We’ve all heard of computer viruses, but last week I was struck with a new virus.  This time on my Twitter account. It came to me in the most...


Immunization Budget Cuts Come with Consequences

Sometimes we have to make tough choices.  Choices that we know will hurt.  Choices that we know may hurt others.  Every choice – every decision – comes with consequences. ...


Significant Decline in Rotavirus After Implementation of Vaccine

Have you ever suffered from severe diarrhea?  How about uncontrolled vomiting?  Have you ever been so dehydrated that you experienced headaches and muscle cramps?  Certainly if you’ve ever experienced...


Improving Measles Vaccine Efficacy with the Help of a Rat

Have you ever wondered how the immunization schedule is created and what determines the ideal age for children to receive immunizations from certain diseases?  When exploring this question you...


When You Want it "So Bad" it's Good

Last Friday, I was excited to refer readers to the “Immunize for Good” campaign.  This week there is something else we need “So Bad”; an entertaining way to get people’s attention and...