Vaccine Safety

Nothing in life is completely risk free and that includes vaccinations. Vaccines have never been safer in the United States than they are today.

It basically comes down to what risks are you willing to take for you and your loved ones? Vaccines not only protect you from diseases but also keep you from passing it on to your family and friends.

Did you know?

• Many infants who get pertussis (whooping cough) get it from a family memeber
• Adults are 100 times more likely than children to die of diseases that vaccines can prevent
• Every year in the U.S., shingles affects between 500,000 and 1 million people
• As many as five of every 100 people who get shingles will get it again
• Each year in the U.S., approximately 175,000 people are hospitalized with pneumonia caused by pneumococcus
• Every year in the U.S., 6 million people are newly infected with Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
• HPV vaccine helps protect against the types of HPV that cause 70% of cervical cancers

Talk with your physician about the adult vaccines that are recommended for you.