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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/01/RS8481_photo-hpf.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-17415\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/01/RS8481_photo-hpf.jpg\" alt=\"KQED News social media editor Olivia Hubert-Allen gets her flu shot. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/01/RS8481_photo-hpf.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/01/RS8481_photo-hpf-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/01/RS8481_photo-hpf-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED News social media editor Olivia Allen-Price gets her flu shot. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Tara Haelle\u003c/strong>,\u003ca title=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/10/354627818/32-myths-about-the-flu-vaccine-you-dont-need-to-fear\" href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/10/354627818/32-myths-about-the-flu-vaccine-you-dont-need-to-fear\" target=\"_blank\"> NPR \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brace yourselves: Flu season is coming. And along with the coughing, fevers and aches you can expect a lot of unreliable or downright wrong information about the flu vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Flu kills more people in a year in the U.S. than Ebola has killed in the history of the world.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Many people underestimate the health risks from flu. Thousands of Americans die from flu-related complications in a typical year, and last season's H1N1 strain\u003ca title=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/death-toll-from-flu-rises-as-h1n1-strain-returnswith-young-invincibles-most-affected/2014/02/19/71f539f4-98b0-11e3-b931-0204122c514b_story.html\" href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/death-toll-from-flu-rises-as-h1n1-strain-returnswith-young-invincibles-most-affected/2014/02/19/71f539f4-98b0-11e3-b931-0204122c514b_story.html\" target=\"_blank\"> hit young adults particularly hard.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flu and pneumonia combined consistently rank among the top 10 causes of death in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_06.pdf\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_06.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> It was ranked eighth in 2011,\u003c/a> the most recent year for which data are available.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting a shot (or an immunizing spritz up the nose) isn't a perfect defense against flu. Some years the strains used to make vaccines aren't a good match for the type of flu that eventually strikes. But vaccination remains the most reliable way to reduce the risk for illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm#annual-vaccination\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm#annual-vaccination\" target=\"_blank\">recommends\u003c/a> that everyone 6 months of age and older gets vaccinated against flu every year, with rare exceptions, such as those with \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm\" target=\"_blank\">severe, life-threatening allergies\u003c/a> to flu vaccine ingredients or potentially those with a \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/adult-contraindications-shell.html\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/adult-contraindications-shell.html\" target=\"_blank\">history of Guillain-Barré syndrome\u003c/a> following a previous flu shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The options for the flu vaccine this year include a \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/qa_intradermal-vaccine.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/qa_intradermal-vaccine.htm\" target=\"_blank\">shot\u003c/a> that protects against the \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/flushot.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/flushot.htm\" target=\"_blank\">three different flu strains\u003c/a> the World Health Organization predicts will be circulating. There are also shots that include protection \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/quadrivalent.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/quadrivalent.htm\" target=\"_blank\">against four strains.\u003c/a> And the CDC recommends that \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/qa_fluzone.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/qa_fluzone.htm\" target=\"_blank\">adults aged 65 and older get a high-dose flu shot,\u003c/a> yet another variation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, flu vaccines have been made using chicken eggs, but new technologies have led to two relatively new vaccines without a trace of egg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nasal spray uses four live flu virus strains that have been weakened. The CDC recommends kids, ages 2 to 8, get the spray instead of the shot when available, though healthy adults up to age 49 can also get the spray. The live-flu vaccine isn't recommended for pregnant women, older adults and people whose immune systems are compromised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now is when doctor's offices, drugstores and many companies offer vaccinations in preparation for the \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2014-2015.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2014-2015.htm\" target=\"_blank\">this year's upcoming flu season\u003c/a>, which typically lasts from October to April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it seemed like the right time to round up a list of common misconceptions about the flu vaccine and some information to set them straight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each fact links to a more detailed explanation on \u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#ebola\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#ebola\" target=\"_blank\">Red Wine and Applesauce\u003c/a>, a blog where I write about parenting, health and science. Those posts contain links to peer-reviewed research and other sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have specific questions about vaccination, including which type of vaccine is appropriate for you, consult your doctor or other health professional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #1:\u003c/strong> You should fear Ebola more than the flu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#ebola\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#ebola\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu kills more people in a year in the U.S. than Ebola has killed in the history of the world.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #2\u003c/strong>: You don't need the flu vaccine this year if you got it last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: You need a new flu shot each year because the circulating strains change and immunity from the vaccine fades.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #3\u003c/strong>: The flu shot is a \"one size fits all\" approach that doesn't make sense for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: You have many flu vaccine options, such as the shot, including egg-free versions, and a nasal spray.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #4\u003c/strong>: The flu shot makes some people able to only walk backward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: The condition of a young woman who could apparently only walk backward after getting a flu shot was found to be psychological, not neurological.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #5\u003c/strong>: Deaths from the flu are exaggerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Thousands of people die from flu in the U.S. in a typical year, including more than 20,000 in the 2006-2007 season.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #6\u003c/strong>: The flu vaccine can give you the flu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: The flu shot can't give you the flu because the virus it contains has been inactivated or severely weakened.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #7\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines contain dangerous ingredients, such as mercury, formaldehyde and antifreeze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu shot ingredients are safe, but people with allergies to ingredients in some vaccines, such as gelatin, should avoid vaccines with those ingredients.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #8\u003c/strong>: Pregnant women shouldn't get the flu vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Pregnant women should get the flu shot because flu can cause miscarriages.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #9\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines can cause Alzheimer's disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: There is no link between flu vaccination and Alzheimer's; flu vaccines protect older adults who are at increased risk for flu-related health consequences.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #10\u003c/strong>: Pharmaceutical companies make a massive profit off flu vaccines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: They're a tiny source of profit and are made by only a handful of companies.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #11\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines don't work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu vaccines reduce the risk of flu, though their effectiveness in any particular year varies.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #12:\u003c/strong> Flu vaccines don't work for children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu vaccines effectively reduce the risk of flu for children ages 6 months and up.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #13\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines make it easier for people to catch pneumonia or other infectious diseases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu vaccines reduce the risk of pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses or complications from the flu.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #14\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines cause heart problems and strokes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu shots reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #15\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines can damage a protective barrier between the blood and the brain in young children, hindering their development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu vaccines have been found safe for children 6 months and older.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #16\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines cause narcolepsy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: A European vaccine against the swine flu in 2009 was linked to narcolepsy, but the U.S. seasonal flu vaccine does not cause narcolepsy.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #17\u003c/strong>: The flu vaccine weakens your body's immune response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: The flu vaccine prepares your immune system to fight influenza by stimulating antibody production.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #18\u003c/strong>: The flu vaccine causes nerve disorders such as Guillain-Barré syndrome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Only the 1976 swine flu vaccine was linked to Guillain-Barré syndrome, and influenza is more likely to cause the nerve disorder than the flu vaccine; the CDC says those with the Guillain-Barré should consult a doctor before getting the flu shot.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #19\u003c/strong>: The flu vaccine can cause neurological disorders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Neurological side effects linked to flu vaccination are extremely rare (see Myth #18); children with neurological disorders are actually at the highest risk for flu complications.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #20\u003c/strong>: Influenza isn't that bad. Or, people recover quickly from it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Influenza can cause fever, muscle aches, cough, headaches and a sore throat for one to two weeks.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #21\u003c/strong>: People don't die from the flu unless they have another underlying condition already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Otherwise healthy people do die from the flu. The elderly and young children are most vulnerable.\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/spotlights/children-flu-deaths.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/spotlights/children-flu-deaths.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Last year, more than 100 children died of the flu. Most were not vaccinated and 40 percent had no recognized chronic health problem.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #22\u003c/strong>: People with egg allergies can't get vaccinated against flu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: People with egg allergies can get a flu shot but should consult their doctor or allergist on options if their allergy is severe.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #23\u003c/strong>: If I get the flu, antibiotics will help me get better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Antibiotics can't treat a viral infection.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #24\u003c/strong>: The flu shot doesn't work for me, personally, because last time I got it, I got the flu anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: The flu shot cannot offer 100 percent protection against the flu, but it reduces your risk of getting it. Many people mistake symptoms from colds and other illnesses for the flu.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #25\u003c/strong>: I never get the flu, so I don't need the shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: You can't predict whether you'll get the flu.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #26\u003c/strong>: I can protect myself from the flu by eating right and washing my hands regularly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: A good diet and good hygiene are healthful habits that reduce the risk of illness but cannot prevent the flu on their own.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #27\u003c/strong>: It's OK if I get the flu because it will make my immune system stronger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Even if the flu in a future seasons resembles a strain you've had before, the protection is likely to be incomplete and fades over time. Flu weakens your immune system while your body is fighting it and puts others at risk.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #28\u003c/strong>: If I do get the flu, I'll just stay home so I'm not infecting others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: You can transmit the flu without showing symptoms.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #29\u003c/strong>: Making a new vaccine each year only makes influenza strains stronger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: There's no evidence flu vaccines have a major effect on virus mutations.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #30\u003c/strong>: The side effects of the flu shot are worse than the flu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: The most common side effects of the flu shot are mild, such as headache, fatigue, cough, low fever and arm soreness lasting a couple of days. Fewer than one in a million people experience severe allergic reactions.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #31\u003c/strong>: The \"stomach flu\" is the flu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: The stomach flu refers to a variety of gastrointestinal illnesses unrelated to influenza.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #32\u003c/strong>: If you haven't gotten a flu shot by November, there's no point in getting one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Getting the flu shot any time during flu season will reduce your risk of getting the flu.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Tara Haelle is a freelance health and science writer based in Peoria, Ill. She's on Twitter: \u003ca title=\"https://twitter.com/tarahaelle\" href=\"https://twitter.com/tarahaelle\" target=\"_blank\">@tarahaelle\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/01/RS8481_photo-hpf.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-17415\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/01/RS8481_photo-hpf.jpg\" alt=\"KQED News social media editor Olivia Hubert-Allen gets her flu shot. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/01/RS8481_photo-hpf.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/01/RS8481_photo-hpf-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/01/RS8481_photo-hpf-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED News social media editor Olivia Allen-Price gets her flu shot. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Tara Haelle\u003c/strong>,\u003ca title=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/10/354627818/32-myths-about-the-flu-vaccine-you-dont-need-to-fear\" href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/10/354627818/32-myths-about-the-flu-vaccine-you-dont-need-to-fear\" target=\"_blank\"> NPR \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brace yourselves: Flu season is coming. And along with the coughing, fevers and aches you can expect a lot of unreliable or downright wrong information about the flu vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Flu kills more people in a year in the U.S. than Ebola has killed in the history of the world.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Many people underestimate the health risks from flu. Thousands of Americans die from flu-related complications in a typical year, and last season's H1N1 strain\u003ca title=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/death-toll-from-flu-rises-as-h1n1-strain-returnswith-young-invincibles-most-affected/2014/02/19/71f539f4-98b0-11e3-b931-0204122c514b_story.html\" href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/death-toll-from-flu-rises-as-h1n1-strain-returnswith-young-invincibles-most-affected/2014/02/19/71f539f4-98b0-11e3-b931-0204122c514b_story.html\" target=\"_blank\"> hit young adults particularly hard.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flu and pneumonia combined consistently rank among the top 10 causes of death in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_06.pdf\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_06.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> It was ranked eighth in 2011,\u003c/a> the most recent year for which data are available.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting a shot (or an immunizing spritz up the nose) isn't a perfect defense against flu. Some years the strains used to make vaccines aren't a good match for the type of flu that eventually strikes. But vaccination remains the most reliable way to reduce the risk for illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm#annual-vaccination\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm#annual-vaccination\" target=\"_blank\">recommends\u003c/a> that everyone 6 months of age and older gets vaccinated against flu every year, with rare exceptions, such as those with \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm\" target=\"_blank\">severe, life-threatening allergies\u003c/a> to flu vaccine ingredients or potentially those with a \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/adult-contraindications-shell.html\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/adult-contraindications-shell.html\" target=\"_blank\">history of Guillain-Barré syndrome\u003c/a> following a previous flu shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The options for the flu vaccine this year include a \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/qa_intradermal-vaccine.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/qa_intradermal-vaccine.htm\" target=\"_blank\">shot\u003c/a> that protects against the \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/flushot.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/flushot.htm\" target=\"_blank\">three different flu strains\u003c/a> the World Health Organization predicts will be circulating. There are also shots that include protection \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/quadrivalent.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/quadrivalent.htm\" target=\"_blank\">against four strains.\u003c/a> And the CDC recommends that \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/qa_fluzone.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/qa_fluzone.htm\" target=\"_blank\">adults aged 65 and older get a high-dose flu shot,\u003c/a> yet another variation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, flu vaccines have been made using chicken eggs, but new technologies have led to two relatively new vaccines without a trace of egg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nasal spray uses four live flu virus strains that have been weakened. The CDC recommends kids, ages 2 to 8, get the spray instead of the shot when available, though healthy adults up to age 49 can also get the spray. The live-flu vaccine isn't recommended for pregnant women, older adults and people whose immune systems are compromised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now is when doctor's offices, drugstores and many companies offer vaccinations in preparation for the \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2014-2015.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2014-2015.htm\" target=\"_blank\">this year's upcoming flu season\u003c/a>, which typically lasts from October to April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it seemed like the right time to round up a list of common misconceptions about the flu vaccine and some information to set them straight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each fact links to a more detailed explanation on \u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#ebola\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#ebola\" target=\"_blank\">Red Wine and Applesauce\u003c/a>, a blog where I write about parenting, health and science. Those posts contain links to peer-reviewed research and other sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have specific questions about vaccination, including which type of vaccine is appropriate for you, consult your doctor or other health professional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #1:\u003c/strong> You should fear Ebola more than the flu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#ebola\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#ebola\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu kills more people in a year in the U.S. than Ebola has killed in the history of the world.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #2\u003c/strong>: You don't need the flu vaccine this year if you got it last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: You need a new flu shot each year because the circulating strains change and immunity from the vaccine fades.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #3\u003c/strong>: The flu shot is a \"one size fits all\" approach that doesn't make sense for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: You have many flu vaccine options, such as the shot, including egg-free versions, and a nasal spray.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #4\u003c/strong>: The flu shot makes some people able to only walk backward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: The condition of a young woman who could apparently only walk backward after getting a flu shot was found to be psychological, not neurological.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #5\u003c/strong>: Deaths from the flu are exaggerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Thousands of people die from flu in the U.S. in a typical year, including more than 20,000 in the 2006-2007 season.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #6\u003c/strong>: The flu vaccine can give you the flu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: The flu shot can't give you the flu because the virus it contains has been inactivated or severely weakened.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #7\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines contain dangerous ingredients, such as mercury, formaldehyde and antifreeze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu shot ingredients are safe, but people with allergies to ingredients in some vaccines, such as gelatin, should avoid vaccines with those ingredients.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #8\u003c/strong>: Pregnant women shouldn't get the flu vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Pregnant women should get the flu shot because flu can cause miscarriages.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #9\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines can cause Alzheimer's disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: There is no link between flu vaccination and Alzheimer's; flu vaccines protect older adults who are at increased risk for flu-related health consequences.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #10\u003c/strong>: Pharmaceutical companies make a massive profit off flu vaccines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: They're a tiny source of profit and are made by only a handful of companies.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #11\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines don't work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu vaccines reduce the risk of flu, though their effectiveness in any particular year varies.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #12:\u003c/strong> Flu vaccines don't work for children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu vaccines effectively reduce the risk of flu for children ages 6 months and up.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #13\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines make it easier for people to catch pneumonia or other infectious diseases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu vaccines reduce the risk of pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses or complications from the flu.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #14\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines cause heart problems and strokes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu shots reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #15\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines can damage a protective barrier between the blood and the brain in young children, hindering their development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Flu vaccines have been found safe for children 6 months and older.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #16\u003c/strong>: Flu vaccines cause narcolepsy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: A European vaccine against the swine flu in 2009 was linked to narcolepsy, but the U.S. seasonal flu vaccine does not cause narcolepsy.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #17\u003c/strong>: The flu vaccine weakens your body's immune response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: The flu vaccine prepares your immune system to fight influenza by stimulating antibody production.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #18\u003c/strong>: The flu vaccine causes nerve disorders such as Guillain-Barré syndrome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Only the 1976 swine flu vaccine was linked to Guillain-Barré syndrome, and influenza is more likely to cause the nerve disorder than the flu vaccine; the CDC says those with the Guillain-Barré should consult a doctor before getting the flu shot.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #19\u003c/strong>: The flu vaccine can cause neurological disorders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Neurological side effects linked to flu vaccination are extremely rare (see Myth #18); children with neurological disorders are actually at the highest risk for flu complications.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #20\u003c/strong>: Influenza isn't that bad. Or, people recover quickly from it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Influenza can cause fever, muscle aches, cough, headaches and a sore throat for one to two weeks.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #21\u003c/strong>: People don't die from the flu unless they have another underlying condition already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Otherwise healthy people do die from the flu. The elderly and young children are most vulnerable.\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/spotlights/children-flu-deaths.htm\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/flu/spotlights/children-flu-deaths.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Last year, more than 100 children died of the flu. Most were not vaccinated and 40 percent had no recognized chronic health problem.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #22\u003c/strong>: People with egg allergies can't get vaccinated against flu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: People with egg allergies can get a flu shot but should consult their doctor or allergist on options if their allergy is severe.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #23\u003c/strong>: If I get the flu, antibiotics will help me get better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Antibiotics can't treat a viral infection.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #24\u003c/strong>: The flu shot doesn't work for me, personally, because last time I got it, I got the flu anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: The flu shot cannot offer 100 percent protection against the flu, but it reduces your risk of getting it. Many people mistake symptoms from colds and other illnesses for the flu.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #25\u003c/strong>: I never get the flu, so I don't need the shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: You can't predict whether you'll get the flu.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #26\u003c/strong>: I can protect myself from the flu by eating right and washing my hands regularly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: A good diet and good hygiene are healthful habits that reduce the risk of illness but cannot prevent the flu on their own.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #27\u003c/strong>: It's OK if I get the flu because it will make my immune system stronger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Even if the flu in a future seasons resembles a strain you've had before, the protection is likely to be incomplete and fades over time. Flu weakens your immune system while your body is fighting it and puts others at risk.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #28\u003c/strong>: If I do get the flu, I'll just stay home so I'm not infecting others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: You can transmit the flu without showing symptoms.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #29\u003c/strong>: Making a new vaccine each year only makes influenza strains stronger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: There's no evidence flu vaccines have a major effect on virus mutations.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #30\u003c/strong>: The side effects of the flu shot are worse than the flu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: The most common side effects of the flu shot are mild, such as headache, fatigue, cough, low fever and arm soreness lasting a couple of days. Fewer than one in a million people experience severe allergic reactions.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #31\u003c/strong>: The \"stomach flu\" is the flu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: The stomach flu refers to a variety of gastrointestinal illnesses unrelated to influenza.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Myth #32\u003c/strong>: If you haven't gotten a flu shot by November, there's no point in getting one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" href=\"http://www.redwineandapplesauce.com/2014/10/10/33-flu-vaccine-myths/#newshot\" target=\"_blank\">Fact: Getting the flu shot any time during flu season will reduce your risk of getting the flu.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_21893\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/10/iStock_000005811185_Large-e1412270269953.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-21893\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/10/iStock_000005811185_Large-640x424.jpg\" alt=\"(iStock/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(iStock/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Joe Rubin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB835\" href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB835\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 835\u003c/a> was crafted as a measure aimed at limiting antibiotic use in livestock. To those concerned about the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, it might seem surprising that Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed the bill earlier this week. Yet advocates believe that in striking down the bill, California is poised to take a leading role on the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'The governor sent a message that he isn’t going to accept fig-leaf solutions to tackle this problem.' -- Natural Resources Defense Council spokesman \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Here's why: Critics had assailed the bill as too industry-friendly and unlikely to make much impact on antibiotic resistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB835 would have codified a recent Food and Drug Administration \u003ca title=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/04/11/150432234/fda-launches-voluntary-plan-to-reduce-use-of-antibiotics-in-animals\" href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/04/11/150432234/fda-launches-voluntary-plan-to-reduce-use-of-antibiotics-in-animals\" target=\"_blank\">voluntary ban\u003c/a> on the use of antibiotics for growth-promoting purposes. The measure had sailed through the Legislature. But a coalition, including the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Consumers Union and several leading medical experts on antibiotic resistance, \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/08/09/why-advocacy-groups-oppose-bill-limiting-use-of-antibiotics-in-animals/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/08/09/why-advocacy-groups-oppose-bill-limiting-use-of-antibiotics-in-animals/\" target=\"_blank\">quietly created a campaign\u003c/a> urging the governor to veto the bill.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reformers argued that bolder action is needed because the use of antibiotics in farm animals remains prolific. Livestock consume an estimated 80 percent of all antibiotics in the U.S. Opponents of the bill argued that the bill left open a gaping loophole. They say some meat producers continue to use antibiotics for growth-promoting purposes and can do so legally by simply claiming they are doing so for disease prevention purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Kaplan, director of the NRDC’s food and agricultural program, says his organization had several meetings with Brown staffers in which they outlined reasons why Brown should veto the bill. “Mostly they just listened,\" he said. \"They were very focused on understanding what the bill would actually do and how it would impact antibiotic use.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems the advocates' message got through. In \u003ca title=\"http://gov.ca.gov/docs/SB_835_Veto_Message.pdf\" href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/docs/SB_835_Veto_Message.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">his veto statement\u003c/a>, the governor noted:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates conservatively that at least two million illnesses and 23,000 deaths are caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the United States each year. Scientists around the world are warning that we are over-using these life-saving medicines in both human medicine and to raise animals.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Brown directed the state's Department of Food and Agriculture to work with legislators to find \"new and effective ways to reduce the unnecessary antibiotics used for livestock and poultry.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The governor sent a message that he isn’t going to accept fig-leaf solutions to tackle this problem,” Kaplan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be hard not to see the veto as a rebuke of the California Assembly's Agricultural Committee. Earlier this year a more reform-minded antibiotics and livestock bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin (D-San Mateo), \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/04/23/california-legislature-to-consider-antibiotic-ban-in-animals/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/04/23/california-legislature-to-consider-antibiotic-ban-in-animals/\" target=\"_blank\">was up for an initial vote\u003c/a> in the committee. Mullin’s bill would have made reporting antibiotic use a legal requirement, something public health experts say is badly needed in the U.S., and cut down on disease prevention loopholes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time I interviewed one of the bill’s opponents, Bill Mattos, president of the California Poultry Federation. Mattos seemed surprised that the Mullin bill would even merit a story. With the seasoned air of a lobbyist who knows how to count votes, Mattos told me that the “Mullin bill was going nowhere.” He said that it was going to be killed in committee. Mattos suggested I instead cover the “more reasonable” Hill bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mullin could count votes, too. Facing a near-unanimous defeat, the assemblyman withdrew his bill. \"Better to fight another day,\" said Mullin’s dejected-sounding chief of staff, Hugh Bower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Committee members left no doubt they would have indeed rejected Mullin’s bill. In a hearing, committee chair Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) suggested that the earlier bill had been insulting to veterinarians. “I happen to know the vet at Foster Farms, who is a seasoned professional.” Eggman went on to say that she thought that the Foster Farms veterinarian would no more abuse his license than she would as a licensed social worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But serious concerns about antibiotic practices at large chicken companies like Foster Farms are growing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month a \u003ca title=\"http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/farmaceuticals-the-drugs-fed-to-farm-animals-and-the-risks-posed-to-humans/\" href=\"http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/farmaceuticals-the-drugs-fed-to-farm-animals-and-the-risks-posed-to-humans/\" target=\"_blank\">hard-hitting Reuters investigation\u003c/a> detailed how the nation’s largest poultry producers continue to routinely feed chickens an array of antibiotics -– not just when sickness strikes, but as standard practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2013 an antibiotic-resistant form of salmonella linked to Foster Farms chicken \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/heidelberg-10-13/\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/heidelberg-10-13/\" target=\"_blank\">hospitalized hundreds of people\u003c/a>, mostly in California. Many patients had serious complications, including blood poisoning. A CDC official who helped investigate the outbreak told Reuters that the use of \u003ca title=\"http://iaspub.epa.gov/tdb/pages/contaminant/contaminantOverview.do?contaminantId=10240\" href=\"http://iaspub.epa.gov/tdb/pages/contaminant/contaminantOverview.do?contaminantId=10240\" target=\"_blank\">chlortetracycline\u003c/a> and penicillin by Foster Farms could have contributed to the resistance patterns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week the company\u003ca title=\"http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014/recall-060-2014-release\" href=\"http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014/recall-060-2014-release\" target=\"_blank\"> issued a new recal\u003c/a>l for frozen chicken they say could be contaminated with listeria. No one has contracted the disease, but listeria is one of the most frightening foodborne illnesses. A \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/cantaloupes-jensen-farms/082712/\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/cantaloupes-jensen-farms/082712/\" target=\"_blank\">2011-2012 outbreak\u003c/a>, traced to cantaloupes, killed 33 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The treatment for listeria is a regimen of antibiotics. But in a \u003ca title=\"http://www.jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/viewFile/24727506/1038\" href=\"http://www.jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/viewFile/24727506/1038\" target=\"_blank\">study earlier this year\u003c/a> from the Zurich-based Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, researchers noted that the overuse of antibiotics as a feed additive in livestock may be leading to increased instances of antibiotic-resistant listeria, potentially making the disease even more lethal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades the debate over antibiotics in livestock has been in a kind of stalemate. Reformers push for tough regulations and industry pushes back. But that equation appears to be changing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer the iconic chicken company Perdue Chicken, responding to growing public health concerns and what their director of food safety, Bruce Stewart Brown, said was “feedback from their own customers,” \u003ca title=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/14/276976353/americans-want-antibiotic-free-chicken-and-the-industry-is-listening\" href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/14/276976353/americans-want-antibiotic-free-chicken-and-the-industry-is-listening\" target=\"_blank\">announced new antibiotic standards \u003c/a>that match even the toughest European regulatory standards. The fast food company Chick-fil-A has gone even further, pledging to go \u003ca title=\"http://www.chick-fil-a.com/antibiotic-free\" href=\"http://www.chick-fil-a.com/antibiotic-free\" target=\"_blank\">antibiotic free\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile the Obama administration has added to the sense of urgency to do more to address concerns over antibiotic resistance. The White House said in a Sept. 18 \u003ca title=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/18/executive-order-combating-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria\" href=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/18/executive-order-combating-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria\" target=\"_blank\">executive order\u003c/a> that \u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #500050\">\"\u003c/span>combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a national security priority\u003c/span>.” An accompanying report detailed mounting evidence linking antibiotic resistance in people with corresponding overuse of antibiotics in agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By sending a bill he found lacking back to the Legislature, Brown has put California in the position to have more than a symbolic impact on those calls for reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California has a long tradition of being a national model,\" the NRDC's Kaplan said. \"We’ve seen it in the past with climate change. We are a major agricultural state, and we have a big population. If we change livestock production in California, then it becomes a significant model for the rest of the nation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the legislative effort fails, Kaplan and other organizations that were involved in the lobbying effort to push for the veto said they would consider mounting a ballot initiative in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Kaplan, director of the NRDC’s food and agricultural program, says his organization had several meetings with Brown staffers in which they outlined reasons why Brown should veto the bill. “Mostly they just listened,\" he said. \"They were very focused on understanding what the bill would actually do and how it would impact antibiotic use.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems the advocates' message got through. In \u003ca title=\"http://gov.ca.gov/docs/SB_835_Veto_Message.pdf\" href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/docs/SB_835_Veto_Message.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">his veto statement\u003c/a>, the governor noted:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates conservatively that at least two million illnesses and 23,000 deaths are caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the United States each year. Scientists around the world are warning that we are over-using these life-saving medicines in both human medicine and to raise animals.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Brown directed the state's Department of Food and Agriculture to work with legislators to find \"new and effective ways to reduce the unnecessary antibiotics used for livestock and poultry.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The governor sent a message that he isn’t going to accept fig-leaf solutions to tackle this problem,” Kaplan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be hard not to see the veto as a rebuke of the California Assembly's Agricultural Committee. Earlier this year a more reform-minded antibiotics and livestock bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin (D-San Mateo), \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/04/23/california-legislature-to-consider-antibiotic-ban-in-animals/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/04/23/california-legislature-to-consider-antibiotic-ban-in-animals/\" target=\"_blank\">was up for an initial vote\u003c/a> in the committee. Mullin’s bill would have made reporting antibiotic use a legal requirement, something public health experts say is badly needed in the U.S., and cut down on disease prevention loopholes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time I interviewed one of the bill’s opponents, Bill Mattos, president of the California Poultry Federation. Mattos seemed surprised that the Mullin bill would even merit a story. With the seasoned air of a lobbyist who knows how to count votes, Mattos told me that the “Mullin bill was going nowhere.” He said that it was going to be killed in committee. Mattos suggested I instead cover the “more reasonable” Hill bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mullin could count votes, too. Facing a near-unanimous defeat, the assemblyman withdrew his bill. \"Better to fight another day,\" said Mullin’s dejected-sounding chief of staff, Hugh Bower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Committee members left no doubt they would have indeed rejected Mullin’s bill. In a hearing, committee chair Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) suggested that the earlier bill had been insulting to veterinarians. “I happen to know the vet at Foster Farms, who is a seasoned professional.” Eggman went on to say that she thought that the Foster Farms veterinarian would no more abuse his license than she would as a licensed social worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But serious concerns about antibiotic practices at large chicken companies like Foster Farms are growing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month a \u003ca title=\"http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/farmaceuticals-the-drugs-fed-to-farm-animals-and-the-risks-posed-to-humans/\" href=\"http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/farmaceuticals-the-drugs-fed-to-farm-animals-and-the-risks-posed-to-humans/\" target=\"_blank\">hard-hitting Reuters investigation\u003c/a> detailed how the nation’s largest poultry producers continue to routinely feed chickens an array of antibiotics -– not just when sickness strikes, but as standard practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2013 an antibiotic-resistant form of salmonella linked to Foster Farms chicken \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/heidelberg-10-13/\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/heidelberg-10-13/\" target=\"_blank\">hospitalized hundreds of people\u003c/a>, mostly in California. Many patients had serious complications, including blood poisoning. A CDC official who helped investigate the outbreak told Reuters that the use of \u003ca title=\"http://iaspub.epa.gov/tdb/pages/contaminant/contaminantOverview.do?contaminantId=10240\" href=\"http://iaspub.epa.gov/tdb/pages/contaminant/contaminantOverview.do?contaminantId=10240\" target=\"_blank\">chlortetracycline\u003c/a> and penicillin by Foster Farms could have contributed to the resistance patterns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week the company\u003ca title=\"http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014/recall-060-2014-release\" href=\"http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014/recall-060-2014-release\" target=\"_blank\"> issued a new recal\u003c/a>l for frozen chicken they say could be contaminated with listeria. No one has contracted the disease, but listeria is one of the most frightening foodborne illnesses. A \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/cantaloupes-jensen-farms/082712/\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/cantaloupes-jensen-farms/082712/\" target=\"_blank\">2011-2012 outbreak\u003c/a>, traced to cantaloupes, killed 33 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The treatment for listeria is a regimen of antibiotics. But in a \u003ca title=\"http://www.jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/viewFile/24727506/1038\" href=\"http://www.jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/viewFile/24727506/1038\" target=\"_blank\">study earlier this year\u003c/a> from the Zurich-based Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, researchers noted that the overuse of antibiotics as a feed additive in livestock may be leading to increased instances of antibiotic-resistant listeria, potentially making the disease even more lethal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades the debate over antibiotics in livestock has been in a kind of stalemate. Reformers push for tough regulations and industry pushes back. But that equation appears to be changing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer the iconic chicken company Perdue Chicken, responding to growing public health concerns and what their director of food safety, Bruce Stewart Brown, said was “feedback from their own customers,” \u003ca title=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/14/276976353/americans-want-antibiotic-free-chicken-and-the-industry-is-listening\" href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/14/276976353/americans-want-antibiotic-free-chicken-and-the-industry-is-listening\" target=\"_blank\">announced new antibiotic standards \u003c/a>that match even the toughest European regulatory standards. The fast food company Chick-fil-A has gone even further, pledging to go \u003ca title=\"http://www.chick-fil-a.com/antibiotic-free\" href=\"http://www.chick-fil-a.com/antibiotic-free\" target=\"_blank\">antibiotic free\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile the Obama administration has added to the sense of urgency to do more to address concerns over antibiotic resistance. The White House said in a Sept. 18 \u003ca title=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/18/executive-order-combating-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria\" href=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/18/executive-order-combating-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria\" target=\"_blank\">executive order\u003c/a> that \u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #500050\">\"\u003c/span>combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a national security priority\u003c/span>.” An accompanying report detailed mounting evidence linking antibiotic resistance in people with corresponding overuse of antibiotics in agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By sending a bill he found lacking back to the Legislature, Brown has put California in the position to have more than a symbolic impact on those calls for reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California has a long tradition of being a national model,\" the NRDC's Kaplan said. \"We’ve seen it in the past with climate change. We are a major agricultural state, and we have a big population. If we change livestock production in California, then it becomes a significant model for the rest of the nation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_5990\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/05/Vaccination-Large-Jeff-J-Mitchell-Getty-e1411754682989.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-5990\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/05/Vaccination-Large-Jeff-J-Mitchell-Getty-620x398.jpg\" alt=\"(Jeff J. Mitchell: Getty Images)\" width=\"620\" height=\"398\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Jeff J. Mitchell: Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Statewide, there has been a dramatic increase in parents choosing not to vaccinate their children. The rate of parents opting out by filing what's called a \"personal belief exemption,\" or PBE, doubled over seven years.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Parents check a school's test scores in advance. Why not vaccine rates?\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, State of Health \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/09/11/vaccine-opt-out-rate-doubled-in-7-years-look-up-your-school-online/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/09/11/vaccine-opt-out-rate-doubled-in-7-years-look-up-your-school-online/\" target=\"_blank\">published a chart\u003c/a> where people could look up any elementary school in California and see the PBE rate at their children's schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hours after we published, Cosmo Garvin of Sacramento sent me a tweet. \"Really nice work,\" the tweet said. \"But just found out PBE rate at my kid's school is 32 percent. Should I freak out?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thirty-two percent. That means one in three kids is not vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Assessing Risk to Your Own Child\u003c/strong>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garvin's son is 9 years old and just transferred into a new school in Sacramento, a public school with a private school name: Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired K-8. \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/09/11/vaccine-opt-out-rate-doubled-in-7-years-look-up-your-school-online/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/09/11/vaccine-opt-out-rate-doubled-in-7-years-look-up-your-school-online/\" target=\"_blank\">Our chart \u003c/a>includes data over a seven-year period, from the 2007-2008 school year to the 2013-2014 school year, the most recent for which data are available. The PBE rate at Alice Birney during that stretch has ranged from 24 to 33 percent, meaning in the best year, only about three-fourths of children are vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're wondering what a preferred vaccination rate is, officials would love to see it as close to 100 percent as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garvin said he and his wife made a conscious decision to go to this school, but \"it never occurred to me to check the vaccination rate,\" he told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/169088755&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His major question was what the low vaccination rate at the school meant to the health of his son. The state's own \u003ca title=\"http://www.shotsforschool.org/k-12/how-doing/\" href=\"http://www.shotsforschool.org/k-12/how-doing/\" target=\"_blank\">tool to assess vulnerability of a school\u003c/a> showed that Alice Birney's low vaccination rate put it in the \"most vulnerable\" category. If a disease is introduced into a community with such a low vaccination rate, there is danger it would spread -- and fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what should Garvin do? He says both his children, his 9-year-old and an older son in high school, are up to date for all recommended vaccines. He also said they are healthy, with no chronic conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gil Chavez, state epidemiologist with the California Department of Public Health, was reassuring.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> \"As long as children are up to date on vaccines,\" he said, \"they should be protected against vaccine-preventable diseases.\" \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for those kids who are not vaccinated, the risks are great. California saw a measles outbreak earlier this year and a high percentage of the cases occurred in people \u003ca title=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/03/18/42870/majority-of-states-measles-cases-were-unvaccinated/\" href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/03/18/42870/majority-of-states-measles-cases-were-unvaccinated/\" target=\"_blank\">who were intentionally unvaccinated.\u003c/a> In 2010, a whooping cough epidemic swept across California. Ten infants died. Babies cannot be vaccinated against whooping cough until they are 2 months old and are reliant on the blanket of protection from all the rest of us being vaccinated. Later research showed that \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/30/vaccine-refusals-fueled-california-whooping-cough-epidemic-personal-belief-exemption/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/30/vaccine-refusals-fueled-california-whooping-cough-epidemic-personal-belief-exemption/\" target=\"_blank\">vaccine refusal fueled the epidemic.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the event of an outbreak, the first thing health officials do is determine who is vaccinated and who is not. Dr. Olivia Kasirye, health officer for Sacramento County, says the county health department is aware of the handful of schools with low vaccination rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Parents need to be aware that if there is a situation with an outbreak, that they can be required to keep their child out of school until the outbreak is over,\" Kasirye said. That could be two weeks, perhaps more, depending on the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gabe Ross, spokesman for the Sacramento City Unified School District, said that it's the district's goal to have \"a 100 percent immunization rate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We work hard at the schools with higher op-out rates to make sure that parents truly understand the issue, truly understand the risk with their kids and are making informed decisions,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Considering Opt-Out Rates in Advance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now let's take it back a step. What about parents who have school choice and are looking at schools? \"A lot of people want to know the test scores before they (select a school),\" Garvin said. \"I feel like (the PBE rate) is something you should know before you go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of particular note are parents of children who do have a chronic health issue. How much should a school's PBE rate matter to them? \"It's hard to give a blanket answer in a situation like that,\" Kasirye told me, \"but definitely one thing would be to talk to a health care provider and say 'I'm considering this school and this is what I've found out, what are your thoughts.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley pediatrician Olivia Lang has faced that exact issue. Her practice no longer accepts families that refuse all vaccinations for their children. She stressed that she could not make school decision for parents, but did share her medical opinion. \"\u003cb>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"color: black\">I've had parents worry about a school with a 35 percent opt-out rate,\" she said. \"They say, 'Does this pose a risk to my child?' And I've said, 'Yes, it does.' I've had families who've chosen not to attend a certain school because of that.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the state publishes these data, it's become easier for families to take the opt-out rate into account. Dr. James Watt, chief of the communicable disease branch at the California Department of Public Health, said he hopes that greater awareness of high opt-out rates will \"spark a discussion\" at the school level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Medical vs. Personal Belief Exemption\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One final note: There are two types of exemptions from vaccines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some children have medical conditions, and vaccines may be detrimental to their health. In California, these children may receive a medical exemption from their physician. In 2013-2014, 0.19 percent of children had permanent medical exemptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a personal belief exemption, or PBE, is different. This is a signed statement from a parent indicating that vaccines are against his or her personal beliefs. Last year in California, 3.15 percent of children had such an exemption.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The PBE rate at Alice Birney during that stretch has ranged from 24 to 33 percent, meaning in the best year, only about three-fourths of children are vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're wondering what a preferred vaccination rate is, officials would love to see it as close to 100 percent as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garvin said he and his wife made a conscious decision to go to this school, but \"it never occurred to me to check the vaccination rate,\" he told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/169088755&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His major question was what the low vaccination rate at the school meant to the health of his son. The state's own \u003ca title=\"http://www.shotsforschool.org/k-12/how-doing/\" href=\"http://www.shotsforschool.org/k-12/how-doing/\" target=\"_blank\">tool to assess vulnerability of a school\u003c/a> showed that Alice Birney's low vaccination rate put it in the \"most vulnerable\" category. If a disease is introduced into a community with such a low vaccination rate, there is danger it would spread -- and fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what should Garvin do? He says both his children, his 9-year-old and an older son in high school, are up to date for all recommended vaccines. He also said they are healthy, with no chronic conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gil Chavez, state epidemiologist with the California Department of Public Health, was reassuring.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> \"As long as children are up to date on vaccines,\" he said, \"they should be protected against vaccine-preventable diseases.\" \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for those kids who are not vaccinated, the risks are great. California saw a measles outbreak earlier this year and a high percentage of the cases occurred in people \u003ca title=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/03/18/42870/majority-of-states-measles-cases-were-unvaccinated/\" href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/03/18/42870/majority-of-states-measles-cases-were-unvaccinated/\" target=\"_blank\">who were intentionally unvaccinated.\u003c/a> In 2010, a whooping cough epidemic swept across California. Ten infants died. Babies cannot be vaccinated against whooping cough until they are 2 months old and are reliant on the blanket of protection from all the rest of us being vaccinated. Later research showed that \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/30/vaccine-refusals-fueled-california-whooping-cough-epidemic-personal-belief-exemption/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/30/vaccine-refusals-fueled-california-whooping-cough-epidemic-personal-belief-exemption/\" target=\"_blank\">vaccine refusal fueled the epidemic.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the event of an outbreak, the first thing health officials do is determine who is vaccinated and who is not. Dr. Olivia Kasirye, health officer for Sacramento County, says the county health department is aware of the handful of schools with low vaccination rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Parents need to be aware that if there is a situation with an outbreak, that they can be required to keep their child out of school until the outbreak is over,\" Kasirye said. That could be two weeks, perhaps more, depending on the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gabe Ross, spokesman for the Sacramento City Unified School District, said that it's the district's goal to have \"a 100 percent immunization rate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We work hard at the schools with higher op-out rates to make sure that parents truly understand the issue, truly understand the risk with their kids and are making informed decisions,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Considering Opt-Out Rates in Advance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now let's take it back a step. What about parents who have school choice and are looking at schools? \"A lot of people want to know the test scores before they (select a school),\" Garvin said. \"I feel like (the PBE rate) is something you should know before you go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of particular note are parents of children who do have a chronic health issue. How much should a school's PBE rate matter to them? \"It's hard to give a blanket answer in a situation like that,\" Kasirye told me, \"but definitely one thing would be to talk to a health care provider and say 'I'm considering this school and this is what I've found out, what are your thoughts.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley pediatrician Olivia Lang has faced that exact issue. Her practice no longer accepts families that refuse all vaccinations for their children. She stressed that she could not make school decision for parents, but did share her medical opinion. \"\u003cb>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"color: black\">I've had parents worry about a school with a 35 percent opt-out rate,\" she said. \"They say, 'Does this pose a risk to my child?' And I've said, 'Yes, it does.' I've had families who've chosen not to attend a certain school because of that.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the state publishes these data, it's become easier for families to take the opt-out rate into account. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_21670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/RS8413_reservoir-full-lpr-e1411165193389.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-21670 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/RS8413_reservoir-full-lpr-640x401.jpg\" alt=\"A security guard walks the perimeter of the Almaden Reservoir on January 28, 2014 in San Jose, California. Now in its third straight year of drought conditions, California is experiencing its driest year on record, dating back 119 years, and reservoirs throughout the state have low water levels. Santa Clara County reservoirs are at 3 percent of capacity or lower. California Gov. Jerry Brown officially declared a drought emergency to speed up assistance to local governments, streamline water transfers and potentially ease environmental protection requirements for dam releases. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) \" width=\"640\" height=\"401\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A security guard walks the perimeter of the Almaden Reservoir in San Jose. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Public health experts say the state’s historic drought is partly to blame for the recent rise in West Nile virus infections. \u003ca title=\"California's West Nile Virus page\" href=\"http://westnile.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Cases this year\u003c/a> have more than doubled to 311, compared to the same time last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West Nile virus is spread by mosquitoes. They contract the virus when they feed on infected birds, then spread it to other birds they bite next. A shortage of water can accelerate this cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we have less water, birds and mosquitoes are seeking out the same water sources, and therefore are more likely to come in to closer proximity to one another, thus amplifying the virus,” said Vicki Kramer, chief of vector-borne diseases at the state department of public health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, the water sources that do exist are more likely to stagnate. Stagnant water creates an excellent habitat for mosquitoes to breed.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes more mosquitoes and it makes them faster,” said Roger Nasci, chief of arboviral diseases branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High temperatures contribute, as well, and can be especially bad when it doesn’t cool down at night. That’s been the case in Orange County this year. It has the highest number of West Nile cases in humans this year – 116.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local officials have been waiting for the right weather conditions to spray pesticides to kill mosquitoes and have been surveying the region by plane for backyard pools and birdbaths that have stagnated. High foreclosure rates in the region led to an increase in abandoned pools in recent years, and continue to be a factor in the current elevated rates of West Nile, Kramer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While case numbers are high in Orange and Los Angeles, some counties in Northern California have a higher concentration of cases. Glenn County, north of Sacramento, has the highest incidence of West Nile at 35 cases per 100,000 people. Orange County's incidence is just four per 100,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a broader type of habitat available for mosquitoes in the Sacramento Valley compared to Bay Area counties, for instance,” Kramer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This broader habitat draws two types of mosquitoes to the region: rural mosquitoes that breed in the rice fields and urban mosquitoes in surrounding towns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So those two mosquitoes working together will further amplify the virus,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of people infected with West Nile virus show no symptoms. Twenty percent get flu-like aches and fever, and only 1.5 percent develop the \u003ca title=\"West Nile Virus Making the Rounds in California\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/07/31/west-nile-virus-making-its-summer-trek-across-california/\" target=\"_blank\">most severe neuroinvasive form\u003c/a> of the disease. Ten percent of those who get very sick, die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far this year, 12 people in California have died, mainly the elderly and people with underlying conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure. In total, California has the most reported cases of West Nile in the country – 311 cases as of last Wednesday, September 17. Texas is second with 98 cases and Louisiana is third with 78, according to CDC data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Nasci warned that the season for West Nile has yet to peak. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High temperatures contribute, as well, and can be especially bad when it doesn’t cool down at night. That’s been the case in Orange County this year. It has the highest number of West Nile cases in humans this year – 116.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local officials have been waiting for the right weather conditions to spray pesticides to kill mosquitoes and have been surveying the region by plane for backyard pools and birdbaths that have stagnated. High foreclosure rates in the region led to an increase in abandoned pools in recent years, and continue to be a factor in the current elevated rates of West Nile, Kramer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While case numbers are high in Orange and Los Angeles, some counties in Northern California have a higher concentration of cases. Glenn County, north of Sacramento, has the highest incidence of West Nile at 35 cases per 100,000 people. Orange County's incidence is just four per 100,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a broader type of habitat available for mosquitoes in the Sacramento Valley compared to Bay Area counties, for instance,” Kramer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This broader habitat draws two types of mosquitoes to the region: rural mosquitoes that breed in the rice fields and urban mosquitoes in surrounding towns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So those two mosquitoes working together will further amplify the virus,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of people infected with West Nile virus show no symptoms. Twenty percent get flu-like aches and fever, and only 1.5 percent develop the \u003ca title=\"West Nile Virus Making the Rounds in California\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/07/31/west-nile-virus-making-its-summer-trek-across-california/\" target=\"_blank\">most severe neuroinvasive form\u003c/a> of the disease. Ten percent of those who get very sick, die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far this year, 12 people in California have died, mainly the elderly and people with underlying conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure. In total, California has the most reported cases of West Nile in the country – 311 cases as of last Wednesday, September 17. Texas is second with 98 cases and Louisiana is third with 78, according to CDC data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Nasci warned that the season for West Nile has yet to peak. Temperatures and infection rates are still rising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s still a substantial period of the year left,” he said. “How long that risk persists will depend on how many more mosquitoes are produced, how much longer they’re going to live, how many birds are susceptible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health officials recommend \u003ca title=\"http://westnile.ca.gov/news.php?id=128\" href=\"http://westnile.ca.gov/news.php?id=128\" target=\"_blank\">individuals protect themselves\u003c/a> from infection by wearing long sleeves and long pants, and using insect repellent.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Olivia Allen-Price and Lisa Aliferis\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Feb. 2, 2015:\u003c/strong> The state of California has released opt-out rates at schools statewide for the 2014-2015 school year. \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2015/01/30/vaccine-opt-out-rate-drops-first-time-since-1998-look-up-your-calif-school/#lookup\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2015/01/30/vaccine-opt-out-rate-drops-first-time-since-1998-look-up-your-calif-school/#lookup\" target=\"_blank\">They have dropped for the first time since 1998.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California law requires that children entering kindergarten be fully vaccinated against a range of diseases. But despite overwhelming evidence that vaccines are safe and effective, the rate of parents opting out of vaccines for their children has doubled since 2007.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To opt out, parents must file a personal belief exemption, or PBE, a signed statement that vaccines are against their personal beliefs. In the 2007-2008 school year, the statewide PBE rate was 1.56 percent. By 2013-2014, the most recent year statistics are available, the rate had jumped to 3.15 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#find\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21513\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/lookup.jpg\" alt=\"lookup\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PBE rates vary by county and by individual school. In the Bay Area, Marin has the highest PBE rate by far -- 7.57 percent. (Marin was \u003ca title=\"Vaccine Opt Out Rates in Marin\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/21/marin-vaccinations/\" target=\"_blank\">highest in the Bay Area last year too.\u003c/a>) The PBE rate at private schools tends to be higher, overall, then that at public schools. In the 2013-2014 school year, only 85 percent of private school kindergarten students statewide were fully vaccinated when school started, compared to about 90 percent of public school students. Other students enter on \"conditional\" status, meaning the school is to follow up with these children to make sure they receive all their vaccines.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nThe California Department of Public Health \u003ca title=\"California Department of Public Health Immunization page\" href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/immunize/pages/immunizationlevels.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">collects vaccination rates\u003c/a> and PBE rates at every kindergarten in the state with more than 10 students -- both public and private schools. Further below, we've made it easy for you to look up your own school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entering kindergarten children are required to be vaccinated against:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Polio\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hepatitis B\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Varicella (Chickenpox)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\"We're definitely concerned\" about the increasing PBE rates, said Dr. James Watt, chief of the state's division of communicable disease control. \"We've been monitoring that. We've been increasing our analysis of the data to try to understand what's happening with that trend.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest concern, he said, is not the overall statewide rate. But that growing rate signals that individual schools or areas may have very high PBE rates. \"When those exemptions congregate in settings,\" Watt said, \"that's the risk where disease transmission is greatest.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014 alone, California has seen outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease. \"We've been grappling earlier this year with a lot of \u003ca title=\"Measles Cases on Rise Statewide\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/03/14/measles-cases-on-rise-statewide/\" target=\"_blank\">measles brought back in from other countries\u003c/a>,\" Watt said. \"We're in the middle of a whooping cough epidemic.\" The latest data from the state shows \u003ca title=\"Sept. 2 Whooping Cough Report\" href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/immunize/Documents/Pertussis_report_9-2-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">nearly 8,000 cases so far this year\u003c/a>, and more than two-thirds of those hospitalized are infants younger than four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state also experienced a whooping cough epidemic in 2010. Later research proved that vaccine refusal was \u003ca title=\"Vaccine Refusal Fueled Whooping Cough Epidemic\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/30/vaccine-refusals-fueled-california-whooping-cough-epidemic-personal-belief-exemption/\" target=\"_blank\">a factor in the epidemic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"Requirement for Vaccine Exemption Passed by Senate\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/08/23/new-requirement-for-vaccine-exemption-passed-by-senate/\" target=\"_blank\">Under a new state law\u003c/a> that went into effect on Jan. 1, parents who don't want to have their children vaccinated now must meet with a health care provider to discuss risks and benefits of vaccines. The provider must sign a form that the conversation has happened and the parent must provide a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a similar law passed in Washington state in 2011, the PBE rate dropped 25 percent in 18 months. In California, the school year that is just starting is the first that makes this additional requirement of the PBE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watts said he hopes that the conversation with a health care provider \"will help (parents) to come to decisions that will enable children to be protected against disease.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In comparison to Marin's 7.57 percent PBE rate, five other Bay Area counties have a significantly lower opt-out rates:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>San Francisco: 1.64 percent\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Santa Clara: 1.72 percent\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alameda: 1.78 percent\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>San Mateo: 2.26 percent\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Contra Costa: 2.32 percent\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"find\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find Any School in California\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can look up the personal belief exemption rate at your own school below. So you can see the trend, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/09/11/our-vaccine-database-methodology/\" target=\"_blank\">we include data\u003c/a> from the 2007-2008 school year through the 2013-2014 school year, the most recent year for which data are available. This tool includes data from every kindergarten in the state, public or private, with 10 or more students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The column to the far right — “PBE” — shows the percentage of children at a kindergarten with a personal belief exemption on file. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Olivia Allen-Price and Lisa Aliferis\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Feb. 2, 2015:\u003c/strong> The state of California has released opt-out rates at schools statewide for the 2014-2015 school year. \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2015/01/30/vaccine-opt-out-rate-drops-first-time-since-1998-look-up-your-calif-school/#lookup\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2015/01/30/vaccine-opt-out-rate-drops-first-time-since-1998-look-up-your-calif-school/#lookup\" target=\"_blank\">They have dropped for the first time since 1998.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California law requires that children entering kindergarten be fully vaccinated against a range of diseases. But despite overwhelming evidence that vaccines are safe and effective, the rate of parents opting out of vaccines for their children has doubled since 2007.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To opt out, parents must file a personal belief exemption, or PBE, a signed statement that vaccines are against their personal beliefs. In the 2007-2008 school year, the statewide PBE rate was 1.56 percent. By 2013-2014, the most recent year statistics are available, the rate had jumped to 3.15 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#find\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21513\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/lookup.jpg\" alt=\"lookup\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PBE rates vary by county and by individual school. In the Bay Area, Marin has the highest PBE rate by far -- 7.57 percent. (Marin was \u003ca title=\"Vaccine Opt Out Rates in Marin\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/21/marin-vaccinations/\" target=\"_blank\">highest in the Bay Area last year too.\u003c/a>) The PBE rate at private schools tends to be higher, overall, then that at public schools. In the 2013-2014 school year, only 85 percent of private school kindergarten students statewide were fully vaccinated when school started, compared to about 90 percent of public school students. Other students enter on \"conditional\" status, meaning the school is to follow up with these children to make sure they receive all their vaccines.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nThe California Department of Public Health \u003ca title=\"California Department of Public Health Immunization page\" href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/immunize/pages/immunizationlevels.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">collects vaccination rates\u003c/a> and PBE rates at every kindergarten in the state with more than 10 students -- both public and private schools. Further below, we've made it easy for you to look up your own school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entering kindergarten children are required to be vaccinated against:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Polio\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hepatitis B\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Varicella (Chickenpox)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\"We're definitely concerned\" about the increasing PBE rates, said Dr. James Watt, chief of the state's division of communicable disease control. \"We've been monitoring that. We've been increasing our analysis of the data to try to understand what's happening with that trend.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest concern, he said, is not the overall statewide rate. But that growing rate signals that individual schools or areas may have very high PBE rates. \"When those exemptions congregate in settings,\" Watt said, \"that's the risk where disease transmission is greatest.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014 alone, California has seen outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease. \"We've been grappling earlier this year with a lot of \u003ca title=\"Measles Cases on Rise Statewide\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/03/14/measles-cases-on-rise-statewide/\" target=\"_blank\">measles brought back in from other countries\u003c/a>,\" Watt said. \"We're in the middle of a whooping cough epidemic.\" The latest data from the state shows \u003ca title=\"Sept. 2 Whooping Cough Report\" href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/immunize/Documents/Pertussis_report_9-2-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">nearly 8,000 cases so far this year\u003c/a>, and more than two-thirds of those hospitalized are infants younger than four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state also experienced a whooping cough epidemic in 2010. Later research proved that vaccine refusal was \u003ca title=\"Vaccine Refusal Fueled Whooping Cough Epidemic\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/30/vaccine-refusals-fueled-california-whooping-cough-epidemic-personal-belief-exemption/\" target=\"_blank\">a factor in the epidemic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"Requirement for Vaccine Exemption Passed by Senate\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/08/23/new-requirement-for-vaccine-exemption-passed-by-senate/\" target=\"_blank\">Under a new state law\u003c/a> that went into effect on Jan. 1, parents who don't want to have their children vaccinated now must meet with a health care provider to discuss risks and benefits of vaccines. The provider must sign a form that the conversation has happened and the parent must provide a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a similar law passed in Washington state in 2011, the PBE rate dropped 25 percent in 18 months. In California, the school year that is just starting is the first that makes this additional requirement of the PBE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watts said he hopes that the conversation with a health care provider \"will help (parents) to come to decisions that will enable children to be protected against disease.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In comparison to Marin's 7.57 percent PBE rate, five other Bay Area counties have a significantly lower opt-out rates:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>San Francisco: 1.64 percent\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Santa Clara: 1.72 percent\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alameda: 1.78 percent\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>San Mateo: 2.26 percent\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Contra Costa: 2.32 percent\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"find\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find Any School in California\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can look up the personal belief exemption rate at your own school below. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_21417\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/randen-patterson-1_slide-ad57b5b88f7ff9de1f1681a3ca1443a715fa61ff-s40-c85-e1410383673360.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-21417\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/randen-patterson-1_slide-ad57b5b88f7ff9de1f1681a3ca1443a715fa61ff-s40-c85-e1410383673360.jpg\" alt=\"Randen Patterson\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/randen-patterson-1_slide-ad57b5b88f7ff9de1f1681a3ca1443a715fa61ff-s40-c85-e1410383673360.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/randen-patterson-1_slide-ad57b5b88f7ff9de1f1681a3ca1443a715fa61ff-s40-c85-e1410383673360-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/randen-patterson-1_slide-ad57b5b88f7ff9de1f1681a3ca1443a715fa61ff-s40-c85-e1410383673360-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Randen Patterson left a research career in physiology at U.C. Davis when funding got too tight. He now owns a grocery store in Guinda, outside Davis. (Max Whittaker/Prime for NPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Richard Harris\u003c/strong>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/09/345289127/when-scientists-give-up\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ian Glomski thought he was going to make a difference in the fight to protect people from deadly anthrax germs. He had done everything right — attended one top university, landed an assistant professorship at another.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"I shouldn't be a grocer right now. I should be training students. I should be doing deeper research. And I can't. I don't have an outlet for it.\" Former UC Davis professor\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But Glomski ran head-on into an unpleasant reality: These days, the scramble for money to conduct research has become stultifying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, he's giving up on science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he's not alone. Federal funding for biomedical research has declined by more than 20 percent in the past decade. There are far more scientists competing for grants than there is money to support them.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That crunch is forcing some people out of science altogether, either because they can't get research funding at all or, in Glomski's case, because the rat race has simply become too unpleasant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My lab was well-funded until, basically, the moment I decided I wasn't going to work there anymore,\" he says during an interview on the porch swing of his home in Charlottesville, Va. \"And I probably could have scraped through there for the rest of my career, as I had been doing, but I would have had regrets.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glomski's problem was that he could only get funding to do very predictable, unexciting research. When money gets tight, often only the most risk-averse ideas get funded, he and others say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You're focusing basically on one idea you already have and making it as presentable as possible,\" he says. \"You're not spending time making new ideas. And it's making new ideas, for me personally, that I found rewarding. That's what my passion was about.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At his lab at the University of Virginia, Glomski had a new idea about how to study an anthrax infection as it spread through an animal — and doing this with scans, rather than having to cut the animal open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think if it did what I hoped it would, it would have revolutionized a lot of the research that I was focusing on,\" Glomski says. It would have given him important new insights, he thinks, into how this bacterium does its deadly damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_21408\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/09/342196432/by-the-numbers-search-nih-grant-data-by-institution\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-21408 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2014-09-10-at-1.27.17-PM-300x166.png\" alt=\"Graph of NIH funding\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NIH funding by year, in 2014 dollars. Click on the image to access a tool to look up funding changes by institution. (From NPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it was not a surefire idea. Like a lot of science, it might not have worked at all. Glomski never found out. His repeated grant applications to the National Institutes of Health never made the cut. Funding is so competitive that reviewers shy away from ideas that might not pan out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You actually have to be much more conservative these days than you used to,\" Glomski says, \"and being that conservative I think ultimately hurts the scientific enterprise.\" Society, he says, is \"losing out on the cutting-edge research that really is what pushes science forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, payoffs in science come from out of the blue — oddball ideas or unexpected byways. Glomski says that's what research was like for him as he was getting his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley. His lab leader there got funding to probe the frontiers. But Glomski sees that farsighted approach disappearing today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That ultimately squashed my passion for what I was doing,\" he says. So two years ago, at the age of 41, he quit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of helping society improve its defenses against deadly anthrax, he's starting a liquor distillery, Vitae Spirits. He's actually excited about that. It's a big challenge, and it allows him to pursue an idea with passion, rather than with resignation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Randen Patterson is not passionate about his post-science career as a grocery store proprietor. He recently bought the Corner Store in the tiny town of Guinda, about 45 minutes from Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson, 43, once worked for Dr. Solomon Snyder at Johns Hopkins University in one of the top neuroscience laboratories in the world. His research is published in some of the most prestigious journals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Patterson got there against the odds. He was raised in a trailer park in Pennsylvania by a single parent, he says, and stumbled into science quite by accident. Mentors realized his potential and encouraged him to make a career of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He landed a tenure-track assistant professorship at Penn State University, and then moved on to a similar job at U.C. Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Patterson struggled his entire career to get grants to fund his research, which uses computer simulations to probe the complex chemistry that goes on inside living cells. And he chose an arcane corner of this field to focus his intellectual energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I was a very young scientist, I told myself I would only work on the hardest questions because those were the ones that were worth working on,\" he says. \"And it has been to my advantage and my detriment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, he has written a blizzard of grant proposals, but he couldn't convince his peers that his edgy ideas were worth taking a risk on. So, as the last of his funding dried up, he quit his academic job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I shouldn't be a grocer right now,\" he says with a note of anger in his voice. \"I should be training students. I should be doing deeper research. And I can't. I don't have an outlet for it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the writing was on the wall a few years ago, Patterson says he bought his own souped-up computer so he could continue dabbling in research on the side. But those ideas aren't adding to the world's body of knowledge about biology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The country has invested, in me alone, $5 million or $6 million, easily,\" Patterson says, thinking back on the funding he received for his education and his research. And he's just one of many feeling the brunt of the funding crunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are no national statistics about how many people are giving up on academic science, but an NPR analysis of NIH data found that 3,400 scientists lost their sustaining grants between 2012 and 2013. Some will eventually get new funding, others will retire; but others, like Glomski and Patterson, will just give up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're taking all this money as a country we've invested ... and we're saying we don't care about it,\" Patterson says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He watches with some trepidation as his daughter, a fresh college graduate, hopes to launch her own career in science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funding squeeze could persist for his daughter's generation as well. So Patterson is hoping she will settle on a field other than biomedical research — one where money isn't quite so tight.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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And it's making new ideas, for me personally, that I found rewarding. That's what my passion was about.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At his lab at the University of Virginia, Glomski had a new idea about how to study an anthrax infection as it spread through an animal — and doing this with scans, rather than having to cut the animal open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think if it did what I hoped it would, it would have revolutionized a lot of the research that I was focusing on,\" Glomski says. It would have given him important new insights, he thinks, into how this bacterium does its deadly damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_21408\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/09/342196432/by-the-numbers-search-nih-grant-data-by-institution\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-21408 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2014-09-10-at-1.27.17-PM-300x166.png\" alt=\"Graph of NIH funding\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NIH funding by year, in 2014 dollars. Click on the image to access a tool to look up funding changes by institution. (From NPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it was not a surefire idea. Like a lot of science, it might not have worked at all. Glomski never found out. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_21154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninedragons/4822437519/in/photolist-8m9fEt-73gFj6-c4ug8f-d1LmMo-MBtHB-8xz7qh-fxgGtD-ao1kY1-teA2-2BTKYu-DrNxJ-bD6Q7-6MenJG-GddEf-dusSyo-gEmXYb-FXjgo-7med2o-85NCc8-dYc45D-aKhEf2-6sDzfH-dxBaXG-GSRWE-6TLeRn-2cy4dp-6qoSTC-cwUuT3-6dBBfS-4DGHti-aBzRvu-ofian-jrRLY-8wFaUW-22suSL-drQCTb-4TtS6x-dabbgt-4Uk61t-mqbQ-4jo4MX-4wttVC-4C1YZW-MQaFc-mkBPdM-9XTPc3-mt28-6f5XrY-dxLhGn-7w6sgm\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-21154\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/4822437519_c449a79734_z.jpg\" alt=\"Babies should only be given breastmilk or infant formula, unless directed differently by a doctor. (Christopher Lance/Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/4822437519_c449a79734_z.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/4822437519_c449a79734_z-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/09/4822437519_c449a79734_z-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Babies should only be given breastmilk or infant formula, unless directed differently by a doctor. (Christopher Lance/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Brian Lau \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Were you at a Labor Day barbecue last weekend? Did you drink soda? Sweet tea? Or maybe vitamin water? Sugar-sweetened drinks are a known risk factor for obesity, and according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, one in four American adults consumes at least one sugar-sweetened beverage every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, two new studies published Tuesday in the journal \u003cem>Pediatrics\u003c/em> found that 80 percent of 6-year-olds drank sugar-sweetened beverages on a regular basis. (The studies can be found \u003ca href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/134/Supplement_1/S29.abstract\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> and\u003ca href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/134/Supplement_1/S56.abstract\" target=\"_blank\"> here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And here's the kicker: researchers found that 25 percent of infants also were given sugar-sweetened beverages at some point, and this consumption can be associated with health problems later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the studies’ main findings was that babies given sugar-sweetened drinks during the first 6 months of life had a 92 percent greater risk of obesity by the time they were 6-years-old versus babies who were never given such drinks.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Infants do not need to drink sugar-sweetened beverages,\" said lead author Dr. Lipang Pan of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), “Infants should be exclusively breastfed until 6 months and fed with breast milk, infant formulas, and solid foods after 6 months of age.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two studies, both conducted by the CDC, include the largest longitudinal study of infant diets. Researchers surveyed parents of 1,333 U.S. children each month during the first year of life on sugar-sweetened beverage intake and again when the children were 6-years-old. They assessed the children for obesity prevalence, and researchers corrected for factors including the mother's age, race or ethnicity of the children, education level, and breast-feeding duration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What babies eat can influence their taste preferences going forward, including leading to preferences for sweet-tasting foods and beverages throughout their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even when parents know sugary drinks are bad, many of the drinks parents assume are not sugar-sweetened may well have often significant amounts of added sugar. This can include drinks that are labeled juice, but are not 100 percent fruit juice. So-called \"energy\" or \"sports\" drinks \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/08/06/sports-energy-drinks-as-unhealthful-as-soda-study-says/\" target=\"_blank\">may also be high in sugar\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re doing a lousy job of teaching or convincing parents about sugar-sweetened beverages,” said Dr. Paul Chung in response to an email. He is chief of general pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine and was not affiliated with either study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents should be making the immediate gratification of sugar-sweetened drinks less immediate and more inconvenient, he said. “Remove all sugar-sweetened beverages from the house; have filtered refrigerated tap water available at all times, and have family rules against ordering drinks other than water when eating out,” Chung said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, limiting exposure can be hard for parents and children alike. The bigger task, Chung said, “is trying to figure out how to help families do something that doesn’t come naturally to anyone, which is to actively deny themselves and their children pretty reliable immediate gratification.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are clearly failing to individually educate and persuade,\" he said. \"Policy options with real teeth really do need to be considered,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chung outlined several policy approaches to decrease or restrict sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. One option includes taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, as has been proposed in\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/09/02/berkeley-city-council-puts-soda-tax-on-november-ballot/\" target=\"_blank\"> Berkeley\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/07/23/san-francisco-supervisors-put-soda-tax-on-ballot/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco\u003c/a>. Another is warning labels on sugar-sweetened beverages. A bill to require labels \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/04/29/soda-labeling-bill-on-hold-over-costs-at-california-senate/\" target=\"_blank\">failed in California\u003c/a> earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other options, Chung said, include providing water at schools and public places in hopes of displacing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. Even more broadly, neighborhood redesign to emphasize healthier living is growing in popularity. But money and broad community support for these options are a challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There likely is not one initiative to solve this problem, Chung said, but “ultimately an all-of-the above approach will probably be necessary and will require the active participation of the private sector in addition to public funds and rules.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal should be to promote policies large and small that establish healthy eating and active living as the default option [and] make unhealthy options less convenient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: inherit;color: #000000\">Brian Lau is a freelance writer and an orthopedic surgery resident at UCSF medical center. Follow him \u003ca style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #114999\" href=\"https://twitter.com/blauMD\" target=\"_blank\">on Twitter\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Infants do not need to drink sugar-sweetened beverages,\" said lead author Dr. Lipang Pan of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), “Infants should be exclusively breastfed until 6 months and fed with breast milk, infant formulas, and solid foods after 6 months of age.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two studies, both conducted by the CDC, include the largest longitudinal study of infant diets. Researchers surveyed parents of 1,333 U.S. children each month during the first year of life on sugar-sweetened beverage intake and again when the children were 6-years-old. They assessed the children for obesity prevalence, and researchers corrected for factors including the mother's age, race or ethnicity of the children, education level, and breast-feeding duration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What babies eat can influence their taste preferences going forward, including leading to preferences for sweet-tasting foods and beverages throughout their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even when parents know sugary drinks are bad, many of the drinks parents assume are not sugar-sweetened may well have often significant amounts of added sugar. This can include drinks that are labeled juice, but are not 100 percent fruit juice. So-called \"energy\" or \"sports\" drinks \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/08/06/sports-energy-drinks-as-unhealthful-as-soda-study-says/\" target=\"_blank\">may also be high in sugar\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re doing a lousy job of teaching or convincing parents about sugar-sweetened beverages,” said Dr. Paul Chung in response to an email. He is chief of general pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine and was not affiliated with either study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents should be making the immediate gratification of sugar-sweetened drinks less immediate and more inconvenient, he said. “Remove all sugar-sweetened beverages from the house; have filtered refrigerated tap water available at all times, and have family rules against ordering drinks other than water when eating out,” Chung said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, limiting exposure can be hard for parents and children alike. The bigger task, Chung said, “is trying to figure out how to help families do something that doesn’t come naturally to anyone, which is to actively deny themselves and their children pretty reliable immediate gratification.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are clearly failing to individually educate and persuade,\" he said. \"Policy options with real teeth really do need to be considered,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chung outlined several policy approaches to decrease or restrict sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. One option includes taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, as has been proposed in\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/09/02/berkeley-city-council-puts-soda-tax-on-november-ballot/\" target=\"_blank\"> Berkeley\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/07/23/san-francisco-supervisors-put-soda-tax-on-ballot/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco\u003c/a>. Another is warning labels on sugar-sweetened beverages. A bill to require labels \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/04/29/soda-labeling-bill-on-hold-over-costs-at-california-senate/\" target=\"_blank\">failed in California\u003c/a> earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other options, Chung said, include providing water at schools and public places in hopes of displacing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. Even more broadly, neighborhood redesign to emphasize healthier living is growing in popularity. But money and broad community support for these options are a challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There likely is not one initiative to solve this problem, Chung said, but “ultimately an all-of-the above approach will probably be necessary and will require the active participation of the private sector in addition to public funds and rules.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal should be to promote policies large and small that establish healthy eating and active living as the default option [and] make unhealthy options less convenient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: inherit;color: #000000\">Brian Lau is a freelance writer and an orthopedic surgery resident at UCSF medical center. Follow him \u003ca style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #114999\" href=\"https://twitter.com/blauMD\" target=\"_blank\">on Twitter\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Cain has previously attended Berkeley council meetings on behalf of the No Berkeley Beverage Tax campaign.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tax opponents had also argued that ballot language that says the tax would be paid by distributors, not by consumers, is misleading because they believe distributors would pass on the extra cost to consumers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Grillo ruled against tax opponents on that issue, saying they failed to provide clear and convincing evidence based on the ballot statement that the tax won't be paid by consumers is misleading or partial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge said tax opponents \"only speculate that it is like that such cost will be passed down to consumers, but it is unknown at this point whether or not any of the tax will eventually be passed down to consumers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grillo said the city correctly pointed out that distributors and retailers could choose to absorb the cost of the tax in order to better compete with other businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley school board member Joshua Daniels, who is co-chair of the campaign in favor of Measure D, said Grillo's order that the ballot language be changed is only a \"relatively minor\" development and \"doesn't concern us at all\" because \"everyone knows that the measure is focused on preventing diabetes,\" and he thinks it will still be approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniels said that overall Grillo's ruling is \"a victory\" for Measure D supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grillo's ruling came one day before the deadline on Wednesday for the Alameda County Registrar of Voters Office to send ballot arguments to the printer so that voters can receive them well in advance of the election on Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post July 2, 2014 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Charles Siler\u003c/strong>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/07/02/berkeley-puts-sugar-tax-on-november-ballot-could-be-first-in-country-to-take-on-big-soda/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to include a proposal that would tax distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages on the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Voters will decide on penny-per-ounce tax on soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The measure, which proposes a one-cent-per-ounce charge at the distributor level, would be the first such tax passed in the country. Richmond tried to pass a similar tax in 2012, but it was voted down after a $2.7 million campaign by the soda industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the tax point to studies linking sugary drinks to childhood obesity and diabetes. Members of community organization Berkeley vs. Big Soda gathered on the steps of city hall before the Tuesday night meeting to voice their support of the tax.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to support our kids. We don’t want our kids to be sick with diabetes,” said Dr. Vicki Alexander, co-chair of the Berkeley Healthy Child Foundation, at the council meeting. “We know that we can change that trend.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the tax said the measure would prove ineffective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree that diabetes and childhood obesity are big issues. I just don’t necessarily agree that taxation on sweetened beverages or soda is the best way to deal with that,” said Jennifer Skidmore of J&J Vending. “Statistics show that purchasing of sweetened beverages is already on the decline, without taxation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters also say the tax is a social justice issue, pointing to the higher rates of obesity in black and Latino communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Research shows diabetes rates in Latino, African-American communities have reached epidemic proportions,” said Xavier Morales, executive director of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California. “That’s not an exaggeration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Big Soda will claim that we are attacking a product that is beloved by low-income folks,” said Councilmember Laurie Capitelli, “but those are the people who are coming to us and asking us to put this on the ballot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ted Mundorff, CEO and president of Landmark Theaters, which owns both the Shattuck Cinemas and the California Theater, said revenue from the tax would not be earmarked for any healthy initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we could solve obesity and diabetes with a one-cent tax I’d say bring it on, let’s do two cents,” Mundorff said. “But the reality is that this cent is going into the general fund, and it is not earmarked to do anything, except to hurt business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the measure proposes a general tax, as opposed to a special tax, revenue from the tax would go into the general fund and cannot be reserved for any special purpose. With a special tax, the money could be designated for anti-obesity initiatives, such as nutrition programs in schools — but a special tax requires a two-thirds majority vote, while a general tax requires only 50 percent plus one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sugar tax on San Francisco’s November ballot is a special tax, and so will require a two-thirds majority to pass, unlike the Berkeley proposal. The San Francisco measure also proposes a tax of two cents per ounce, rather than Berkeley’s one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley’s November ballot will read: “Shall an ordinance imposing a 1¢ per ounce general tax on the distribution of high-calorie, sugary drinks (e.g., sodas, energy drinks, presweetened teas) and sweeteners used to sweeten such drinks, but exempting: (1) sweeteners (e.g., sugar, honey,syrups) typically used by consumers and distributed to grocery stores; (2) drinks and sweeteners distributed to very small retailers; (3) diet drinks, milk products, 100% juice, baby formula, alcohol, or drinks taken for medical reasons, be adopted?” Councilmember Linda Maio proposed the new, slightly different language at the Tuesday meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the tax acknowledged that in the coming months, the soda industry will likely campaign heavily against the tax measure in Berkeley and in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think even if they spent a million dollars they could confuse the people of Berkeley. 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Richmond tried to pass a similar tax in 2012, but it was voted down after a $2.7 million campaign by the soda industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the tax point to studies linking sugary drinks to childhood obesity and diabetes. Members of community organization Berkeley vs. Big Soda gathered on the steps of city hall before the Tuesday night meeting to voice their support of the tax.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to support our kids. We don’t want our kids to be sick with diabetes,” said Dr. Vicki Alexander, co-chair of the Berkeley Healthy Child Foundation, at the council meeting. “We know that we can change that trend.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the tax said the measure would prove ineffective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree that diabetes and childhood obesity are big issues. I just don’t necessarily agree that taxation on sweetened beverages or soda is the best way to deal with that,” said Jennifer Skidmore of J&J Vending. “Statistics show that purchasing of sweetened beverages is already on the decline, without taxation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters also say the tax is a social justice issue, pointing to the higher rates of obesity in black and Latino communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Research shows diabetes rates in Latino, African-American communities have reached epidemic proportions,” said Xavier Morales, executive director of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California. “That’s not an exaggeration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Big Soda will claim that we are attacking a product that is beloved by low-income folks,” said Councilmember Laurie Capitelli, “but those are the people who are coming to us and asking us to put this on the ballot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ted Mundorff, CEO and president of Landmark Theaters, which owns both the Shattuck Cinemas and the California Theater, said revenue from the tax would not be earmarked for any healthy initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we could solve obesity and diabetes with a one-cent tax I’d say bring it on, let’s do two cents,” Mundorff said. “But the reality is that this cent is going into the general fund, and it is not earmarked to do anything, except to hurt business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the measure proposes a general tax, as opposed to a special tax, revenue from the tax would go into the general fund and cannot be reserved for any special purpose. 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