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2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIO N 65
September 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senators CARPENTER, CABRAL-GUEVARA, LARSON,
ROYS, SPREITZER and TAYLOR, cosponsored by Representatives SUBECK,
SHELTON, C. ANDERSON, J. ANDERSON, BARE, CABRERA, CONLEY, DRAKE,
EMERSON, JOERS, OHNSTAD, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, STUBBS and
CLANCY. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
Relating to: recognizing August as Immunization Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
Whereas, August is National Immunization Awareness Month; and
Whereas, nearly a million students will return to Wisconsin schools at the end
of August and beginning of September; and
Whereas, state law requires K-12 students to receive certain immunizations
to maintain herd immunity and protect the health of those who are unable to receive
those immunizations; and
Whereas, immunizations are considered to be one of the greatest modern
medical discoveries of the past century; and
Whereas, vaccines are estimated to have prevented 26.8 million
hospitalizations and 936,000 deaths among children born in the United States
between 1994 and 2018; and
Whereas, the World Health Organization estimates that each year ,
immunization prevents 3.5 to 5 million deaths globally due to over 20
life-threatening diseases; and
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Whereas, vaccinations are necessary and safe for the overwhelming majority
of people and have been shown to prevent disease across the globe; now, therefore,
be it
Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the members of the
Wisconsin Legislature recognize August 2023 as Immunization Awareness Month in
Wisconsin.
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