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Dr. Elizabeth Rosenblum
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July 29, 2010 – Dr. Elizabeth Rosenblum, a family practitioner, explains why it's important for adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough.
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Video Transcript:
The reason we are in an urgent public health situation right now is that seven infants in California have died since January of 2010 and while its always a tragedy when an infant dies, the fact that they are dying from a vaccine preventable illness - that if enough people in the community are vaccinated we will form a cocoon of protection around our babies and be able to keep them from getting sick and possibly dying - we really need to address this at every level we can.”
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