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The Augusta News - Review January 26,1985,
Have your children received all
the shots they need? The past few
years have seen a drop-off in im
munization in the Black com
munity that could result in needless
sickness.
A child with whooping cough
suffers from a severe fluid buildup
in the lungs. He or she will cough
so hard that breathing is difficult.
The younger the child, the smaller
the air passages and the higher the
risk of further infection and death.
The Centers for Disease Con
trol’s recent warnings that we may
be running short of the vaccine
that protects children against
whooping cough (the “DPT” vac
cine, which also prevents tetanus
and diptheria), have set off a
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All children need safe shots
national furor. Many parents are
up in arms, worried that their
children might miss some of their
shots. Arguments are raging back
and forth about the benefits of
vaccines versus their side effects,
which ahve prompted several
lawsuits.
Far from the headlines, among
Black children, a quiet crisis has
been developing for years. Im
munization rates for Black infants
have been plummeting. In 1982,
less than half of Black children 1-4
years old got inoculated with the
DPT vaccine. In contrast, 70 per
cent of white children got their
shots that year.
This downward immunization
trend among...B.U.ck..children ..is
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much broader than DPT alone. In
1982, only 39 percent were vac
cinated for polio and roughly half
got shots for measles, rubella and
mumps-in all cases at a much
lower rate than white children.
Why is this happening? One
reason is the Reagan Ad
ministration’s neglect of the
Childhood immunization
Program. In 1982, the Reagan
Administration actually proposed
deep cuts in this program, but was
stopped by Congress. Still, for the
past four years, the program’s
funding has consistently fallen
short of the public need. Another
is that many poor parents may not
be aware of the importance of
immunization or know where to
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take their children.
The current debate over vaccines
will serve a very useful purpose if it
sheds light on this enormous and
growing problem. The dropoff in
immunizations is very dangerous.
In response to the potential vac
cines shortage, doctors have been
predicting that more children will
get whooping cough, and some
may die. Current data show that
one case of this disease in 200 will
be fatal. Os the 1,339 infants un
der six months old who caught
whooping cough in 1983, 13 died.
The vaccine issue is very com
plicated: it raises a tangle of legal
issues, insurance problems,
medical opinions, even a
disagreement over whether there
really is a shortage at all. But one
clear principle emerges from all the
hubbub: every child in America
deserves safe, accessible im
munization against all preventable
diseases. We should spend
whatever resources are needed in
an all-out effort to meet that goal.
St. Mary’s presents
Sweetheart 1985
On Feb. 8, St. Mary’s Episcopal
Church will present the Second
Annual Miss Sweetheart Gala and
Coronation. Several young ladies
from the CSRA are vying for the
title of Miss Sweetheart of 1985.
The coronation will take place at 9
p.m. at the National Guard Ar-
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mory on Milledge Road.
The reigning Miss Sweetheart of
1984, Miss Ida Carolyn Cook, will
conclude her reign and the in
coming Miss Sweetheart will
assume the title and begin her reign
for the upcoming year. Music for
the occasion will be provided by
the Hearts of Fire Band of
Augusta.
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Gr owing In Grace)
On mother
and daughter
By Cynthia Butler Omololu
After crossing the Atlantic
ocean from africa, my daughter
and I would often spend the day in
either the New
York or the
Atlanta air
port. We en
joyed it
tremendously.
We would have
breakfast, lun
ch and buy
tons of
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magazines. It
would be a wonderful day.
The tension would begin to fade
and relaxation would set in. The
process was a joyous experience.
We had learned to anticipate the
changes and participated in each
step.
Our problems started two mon
ths before we made our yearly
holiday visit. First, you had to pay
for the ticket with cash. Armed
robbery is rampant. Therefore,
there is a real fear of carrying
several thousand dollars from the
bank to one’s home.
After the hassle of getting cash
to the airport and securing an okay
ticket, it would be possible to get
the airport and discover that there
was no seat. After several trails,
we would be on our way to the
plane.
This trip always proved to be the
most anxiety laden for me. We
would be search as we moved onto
the plane. The searcher would
stick her fingers everywhere. I was
abhorred. I was adamantly angry.
In fact, once I started screaming at
the woman.
My husband was embarrassed.
He yelled under his breath, “Do
you see the white women behaving
like you? Shut up!”
I did shut up, but I still felt
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violated both for me and my
daugther.
1 understood the need for the
search. They had found con
traband hidden in every crevice on
people, but it did not feel good.
Better methods must be developed.
After two months of hussle and
bussle, we had arrived in an
American airport. We livened up
immediately, and everything
seemed worthwhile. The struggle
in Nigeria and the vacation in
America, both experiences were
very necessary.
A Nigerian friend of mine once
commented that I was able to do so
well in Nigeria because I could
travel to America each year for
rejuvenation.
I had never thought of
rejuvenation before, but I had to
agree. It was as if I started
breathing in and storing up energy
the minute we landed. After two
months, I could return in an en
thusiastic way and work in and
serve the people in that country for
ten months.
It was truly a magnificent ex
perience. I will be eternally
grateful.
During our day in the airport,
we often met people and I talked to
them. For some reason, they
would tell me their problems. My
daugther would punch me in the
side and whisper, “Mom, I don’t
want to listen to any problems.
Let’s go and buy magazines. I hate
problems.”
But I enjoyed problems, ex
pecially the ones in the airport. It
is cool and fresh in there. Sure, I
listened to hundreds of problems
in Nigeria, but I never had any
facilites to make the listening com
fortable. I never had an air
conditioner in my office, and my
boss who was an academic
professor believed he could walk
into my office anytime. He did not
percieve himself as mean. In fact,
he believed himself to be a nice
guy, but he knew that he was the
Master. Masters seldom phantom
that a person beneath them have
feelings.
The boss and I had different
perceptions of me. He believed
until his death that I did not
respect him. His belief was cen
tered around the fact that I told
him that I did not want anyone to
walk into the middle of a session
that I was having with a patient.
Once he walked in and an attrac
tive lady was sitting there, and he
told her to get up and come with
him. She did.
I later spoke to him and told him
that his behaviour could easily be
labelled unethical.
I appreciated the fact that he
had a medical degree. I know the
amount of sacrifice that he went
through to get it, but many of his
behaviours were not respectful. I
believe that respect is earned.
I did not have an air-conditioner
because I would not beg for one. I
was the equivalent of an associate
professor, the second person in the
department, but I decided that I
was there to work. I fould that onq
could work quite well in the heat.
I was very upset when he died.
One Nigerian lady approached me
and said, “Now that something
good has happened, you are sad.”
She was a chameleon. Whoever
was there was her master. She had
played the game so long that her
Tace gave off a blackish, purplish,
pinkish tinge. I did not bother to
answer her.
I was upset because a person
(that I worked with for six years
had never become a human being
to me. I did not know him. He
spent six years trying to whip me
into submission. I spent six years
resisting him.
Even if he had succeeded in
making me submit, I would not
Jiave known him.
At any rate, I enjoyed coun
seling in the Atlanta Airport. The
stories were always the same. “My
husband and I are divorced. It was
a very painful experience. I had no
choice. I could not communicate
with him. I have two small
children to take care of. I am
working two jobs.”
My response was always, “Life
is a struggle, but we must devise
ways to overcome. We must spend
time with our children.”
The response was usually,
“There is just nothing that I can
do.”
I would respond, “There has to
be a positive way.”
My daughter would whisper,
“Mom, it’s the result of
background. Do you know who
their parents are and what they
taught them. No, so leave them to
their lives. Let’s go and buy ice
cream. Please mom.”