And those options are used to determine which vaccinations are on the schedule.
For example, rabies is not, while
Hep B is:
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Originally Posted by CDC
Approximately 25 percent of children who become infected with life-long hepatitis B virus would be expected to die of related liver disease as adults. (emphasis theirs)
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In addition, approximately 33,000 children (10 years of age and younger) of mothers who are not infected (emphasis mine) with hepatitis B virus were infected each year before routine recommendation of childhood hepatitis B vaccination.
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