Assessment 6
Question 2
Is this statement true or false?
More parents in developing countries compared to industrialized countries may feel that exposing a child to even a small potential risk from vaccination is unnecessary because they assume that infectious diseases are 'a thing of the past'.
Select one:
| True | |
| False |
The correct answer is 'False'.
The impressive decline in the rates and severity of childhood infections in industrialized countries has effectively faded memories of the threats to health and life posed by once-common diseases such as measles, polio, pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus. The benefits of vaccination are no longer being reinforced by direct experience of the diseases that vaccines prevent.