Learn how immunocompromised children are affected by the vaccination status of those around them.
Vaccines
What About Immunocompromised Schoolchildren?
Citation: Physicians for Informed Consent. Vaccines: What About Immunocompromised Schoolchildren? 2018 Jul; updated 2024 Sep. https://www.physiciansforinformedconsent.org/immunocompromised-schoolchildren.
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PIC’s educational document was developed to address concerns about the risks that the vaccination status of schoolchildren might pose to their immunocompromised classmates. A safe environment for all schoolchildren is the goal of everyone involved in public health; therefore, it is important that the public be informed that the vaccination status of other schoolchildren is not a significant risk to immunocompromised schoolchildren.