Kudos to NOVA! They did a fantastic job detailing the benefits of vaccination and the challenges of getting the populace to listen to doctors about vaccinations and not the hyped up social media. Yes, vaccinations today are effective and safer than the alternative of catching the disease but they are not without risk. But neither is driving your car or crossing the street. However, vaccination is much better than contracting a terrible, preventable disease and ending up in the hospital or dying.
NOVA didn't just say vaccines are safe and go get vaccinated. They went deeper to convince the populace that vaccines are worthwhile. They talked with doctors who vaccinate their own kids, mothers of autistic children who are convinced that the vaccine did NOT cause the autism, and survivors of extreme (and rare) complications of vaccines who said they would get vaccinated again or vaccinate their own children.
I encourage everyone to watch this and not the rants on social media about vaccinations. They are not doctors/scientists.
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