VIDEO: A brief history of vaccines — and a warning — from Sarah S. Long, MD
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NEW YORK — In her last appearance as a presenter at the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, Sarah S. Long, MD, gave a brief history of vaccines — and offered a warning about the dangers of undervaccination.
Long is a professor of pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases physician at the Drexel University College of Medicine and has been presenting at the symposium for 20 years.
“After we had clean water in, dirty water out, drain[ed] the swamps and [took] care of vectors around the turn of the 1890s to the 1900s, the next most important thing that happened that has changed lives in the United States is vaccines,” Long said.
Vaccination “has made it an expectation that children will live to become adults, which was not there in the United States prior to this, and we now know is extremely vulnerable.”
References:
Long SS. Old enemies, not fully vanquished: Getting ready for the return of vaccine preventable diseases. Presented at: Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium; Nov. 18-19, 2023; New York.
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