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Letter: I'm proud to live in a country that values vaccines. You should be too

At one time, you couldn't attend school without the proper vaccinations
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A senior male is about to receive a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine. - Photograph via Getty Images

Editor:

In Canada, we had proof of vaccination records over 50 years ago, and kids couldn't go to school without them. Sorting through old papers today, I came across a booklet from my childhood in Saskatoon, though I've lived in Burnaby for over 20 years.
It's titled: Immunization Record from the City of Saskatoon Department of Public Health.
At the bottom of the first page it clearly states: “This record is necessary when child begins school. Please keep it carefully.”
It has dates and doses of my smallpox and polio vaccinations.
Apparently, I had five doses of polio vaccine over the course of about six years from age six months to six years.
This was over 50 years ago.
Folks can draw their own conclusions, but I respect medicine and science, and am grateful to have been born into a world with vaccines.
Paul Cipywnyk, Burnaby