Six Common Misconceptions about Vaccination and How to Respond to Them

This booklet features six misconceptions that often appear in publications that question the value of vaccination along with explanations of why they are misconceptions.

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1. Diseases had already begun to disappear before vaccines were introduced, because of better hygiene and sanitation.
2. The majority of people who get a disease have been vaccinated.
3. There are "hot lots" of vaccine that have been associated with more adverse events and deaths than others.
4. Vaccines cause many harmful side effects, illnesses, and even death.
5. Vaccine-preventable diseases have been virtually eliminated from the United States.
6. Giving a child multiple vaccinations for different diseases at the same time increases the risk of harmful side effects and can overload the immune system.