H1N1 vaccination to be required for US military

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H1N1 vaccination to be required for US military

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/sep0209military.html
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" the vaccines will be mandatory for every active-duty soldier, sailor, airman and Marine. "

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	H1N1 vaccination to be required for US military http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/sep0209military.html ___________________________________________________________________ " the vaccines will be mandatory for every active-duty soldier, sailor, airman and Marine. " http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=108789

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	Herd immunity (or community immunity) describes a type of immunity that occurs when the vaccination of a portion of the population (or herd) provides protection to unprotected individuals.[1] Herd immunity theory proposes that, in diseases passed from person-to-person, it is more difficult to maintain a chain of infection when large numbers of a population are immune. The higher the proportion of individuals who are immune, the lower the likelihood that a susceptible person will come into contact with an infected individual.[2] *Vaccination acts as a sort of "firebreak" in the spread of the disease, slowing or preventing* *further transmission of the disease to others.[3]* Unvaccinated individuals are indirectly protected by vaccinated individuals, as the latter will not contract and transmit the disease between infected and susceptible individuals.[2] Hence, a public health policy of herd immunity may be used to reduce spread of an illness and provide a level of protection to a vulnerable, un-vaccinated subgroup. wikipedia .....................................