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Flu Vaccine Keeps Connecticut Kids from Hospitals
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60秒科学节目（SSS）是科学美国人网站的一套广播栏目，英文名称：Scientific American – 60 Second Science,节目内容以科学报道为主，节目仅一分钟的时间，主要对当今的科学技术新发展作以简明、通俗的介绍，对于科学的发展如何影响人们的生活环境、健康状况及科学技术，提供了大量简明易懂的阐释。
Flu vaccination is proving itself among Connecticut’s tots.
In 2010 a state law went into effect that requires toddlers aged six months to 59 months to get flu shots if they attend child care. Similar rules for preschool soon followed. The new requirements boosted vaccination rates among Connecticut’s kids from 68 percent to 84 percent. And in the 2012®C2013 flu season, flu-related hospitalizations among that group dropped by 12 percent. That’s the finding of a study in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. [James L. Hadler et al, Impact of Requiring Influenza Vaccination for Children in Licensed Child Care or Preschool Programs °™ Connecticut, 2012®C13 Influenza Season]
The state had the biggest drop in flu hospitalizations of kids aged 4 and younger of 11 areas evaluated by the CDC.
All 50 states have some kinds of regulations for vaccinations among kids pre-school age. But so far, only New Jersey, Connecticut and New York City have green lighted such requirements for flu vaccinations.
With the flu shot apparently keeping so many kids out of the hospital, perhaps the other 48 states may consider it time to examine their own policies. A trip to the drug store for a vaccination beats a trip to the hospital any day.
–Dina Fine Maron
