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Originally Posted by LTHFAdvocate
My 5 year old just got 7 vaccines in June. I'm not sure I could name every one without pulling out her yellow card listing them, and it would probably take me half an hour to find the card :-) So I'm one of the most educated moms I know on the topic, and even I'm "unaware" Though I know she got "a" meningitis vaccination, there are two different ones out there and I don't honestly remember which one she got.
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Same here - I wouldn't be able to tell anyone my daughter's vaccines one by one off the top of my head. I would have to pull out my daughter's blue book to see which vaccines she has had and which ones were repeated. I do know we are up to date on the schedule of vaccines for her age though because I got a certificate from the government saying that she "is up to date".
I think it's the same with adults as well. Most don't have any idea what they've been vaccinated for and whether they are up to date or not.
I don't think it's a good idea to conduct off the cuff surveys where people are expected to remember their status on the spot and then try and make out that the clinics have grossly failed in that regard. Is my GP responsible for the fact that I can't remember what vaccinations my daughter has had off the cuff?
Maybe the FDA should set up a database like we have in Australia where parents are told by mail when their childrens' vaccines are up to date. I don't know about the US but the meningitis and prevnar vaccines are part of the schedule for every child here so perhaps the same could be done there?