| Show Save A Child Rub Out Rubella Because they are always e with us we have come to accept ace acI accept ac ac- I the occurrence of common common common com com- mon childhood diseases as a matter of course But with II medical and hospital costs I soaring as they are every opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- to avoid or prevent disease should be the concern of all citizens i I il SUCH AN A opportunity and anda a very good one is the curl current cur cur- l rent Save a Child in 70 i campaign to Rub Out Rubella I German Measles in Utah By inoculating all one to 12 year old children with the I recently dev recently developed Rubella vaccine vaccine vac vac- cine this this' troublesome dis disease se sei i can be completely wiped out However it requires the cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- co- co operation of all Utah citizens We cant can't afford to be compia complacent complacent com com- pia cent declares Salt Lake pediatrician Stanley Child cochairman cochairman cochairman co- co chairman of the campaign If we fail to act now the next epidemic of German measles will have a tremendous impact not only on the health and well-being well of Utah families families families lies but also upon the financial and economic load shared by byall byall byall all Utah citizens THE NEXT epidemic based on provable data is predicted predicted pre pre- for 1970 or 71 In some states Rubella cases have already al already already al- al ready reached near epidemic proportions A mass immunization immunization immunization program now can prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent this epidemic in Utah Dr Child pointed out It will also prevent an estimated estimated esti esti- mated pregnant mothers from contracting German Measles and allow their babies babies babies ba ba- ba- ba bies to be born free from the devastating birth defects caused b by the dis disease se THE GREAT human loss from Rubella defects cannot be measured But we can understand understand understand un un- the economic impact caused by the 1964 Rubella epidemic as compiled by the US U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare Public Public Public Pub Pub- lic H Health Service In that epidemic over 50 50 SO- pregnant women in the US U.S. were affected Of the children born to these mothers suffered severe Rubella defects About 2100 died in infancy According to the published published published pub pub- data the total economic costs associated with the surviving Rubella children projected through their train train- able years reaches a fantastic PER CHILD this thus amounts to well over At this rate the 84 Rubella children now being treated or educated in Utah will cost over 5 million million million mil mil- lion most of which is borne by the taxpayer Every epidemic epidemic epidemic epi epi- demic simply increases this load We can save hundreds of human lives Dr Child emphasized emphasized sized by simply having our children inoculated And we can save taxpayers many millions of dollars at the same time We simply cant can't afford to miss this opportunity THE TILE SPECIAL vaccination clinics will be set up in every section of the state Families are urged to bring their children children children chil chil- dren for the shot one-shot immunization Local papers and broadcast stations will carry complete information on clinic locations as soon as they are determined |
