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Vaccines can save children's lives. The American Academy of Pediatrics states that "most childhood vaccines are 90%-99% effective in preventing disease." [43] According to Shot@Life, a United Nations
Foundation partner organization, vaccines...
The American Academy of Pediatrics states that "most childhood vaccines are 90%-99%
effective in preventing disease." [43] According to Shot@Life, a United Nations
Foundation partner organization, vaccines save 2.5 million children from preventable
diseases every year [44], which equates to roughly 285 children saved every hour. The
Vaccines can save children's lives.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that 732,000 American children were
saved from death and 322 million cases of childhood illnesses were prevented
between 1994 and 2014 due to vaccination. [45] The measles vaccine has decreased
childhood deaths from measles by 74%. [44]
Ingredients, such as thimerosal, formaldehyde, and aluminum, can be harmful in large
doses but they are not used in harmful quantities in vaccines. Children are exposed to
more aluminum in breast milk and infant formula than they are exposed to in vaccines.
[46] Paul Offit, MD, notes that children are exposed to more bacteria, viruses, toxins,
The ingredients in vaccines are safe in the and other harmful substances in one day of normal activity than are in vaccines. [46]
amounts used. With the exception of inactivated flu vaccines, thimerosal (a mercury compound) has
been removed or reduced to trace amounts in vaccines for children under 6 years old.
[47] The FDA requires up to 10 or more years of testing for all vaccines before they are
licensed, and then they are monitored by the CDC and the FDA to make sure the
vaccines and the ingredients used in the vaccines are safe. [48]
These organizations include: CDC, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Institute of
Medicine (IOM), American Medical Association (AMA), American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP), UNICEF, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), World Health
Major medical organizations state that Organization (WHO), Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Paediatric Society,
vaccines are safe. National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), and American Academy of Family
Physicians (AAFP). [49] [50] [43] [51] [52] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] The WHO states,
"Vaccines are very safe." [59] The US Department of Health and Human Services states,
"Vaccines are some of the safest medical products available." [51]
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