Friday, July 24, 2009
They're not going to ask for a shot
To the long list of things about which young American adults are woefully ignorant (history, geography), you can add the importance of vaccines, according to a new survey. Less than half of 18- to 26-year-olds know that tetanus causes lockjaw and should be prevented with a vaccination every 10 years, reports HealthDay. Compare that to 84% of people over 50 who claim that knowledge.
The impetus for change is on physicians, according to an official with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, which sponsored the survey. "The majority of adults [87 percent] are very likely to get vaccinated if their doctor or other clinician advises that they get vaccinated," she told HealthDay.
Either that, or kill off one of the characters on Grey's Anatomy with tetanus.
Labels: McDreamy, vaccination
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