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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2
I didn't imply a cause, I was asking a question about vaccination rates among developed countries. If the US schedule is so great and some gold standard, why isn't the rest of the world following us? Don't they care about their children?
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Well, Hep B is far less prevalent outside of defined high-risk groups in those countries. The biggest risk for Hep A in the United States is actually leaving the country.
A lot of countries don't follow the same schedule because it's considered more expensive to use extra syringes, dispose of them and schedule the additional medical visits.
If an aggressive vaccine schedule was a culprit, the recent change towards more aggressive DTaP and TDAP vaccination in this country would not have led to fewer incidences with no adverse effects.