The Vaccine Controversy: The History, Use, and Safety of Vaccinations

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While millions of Americans receive vaccinations each year, a vocal segment of the population is opposed to all immunizations―some even refusing to get mandated vaccinations for their children. In The Vaccine Controversy, Dr. Kurt Link―a specialist in internal medicine―explores that paradox and provides a history of vaccine development, including such conceivable future vaccines as those being developed in the hope of immunizing against HIV. A strong supporter of vaccination programs, Link explains the immune system and how it works, in addition to outlining the more than a few types of vaccines (including the efficacy and potential toxicity of each). Appendices spell out current medical recommendations for vaccines, describe the legal issues involved in decisions to vaccinate or not, and give an explanation for the workings of clinical trials where work is done to resolve if a vaccine is effective or not, or has any remarkable side effects.

Millions of Americans are vaccinated each year, whether they’re elders looking to avoid bouts of influenza or children whose parents want to give protection to them from potentially deadly childhood diseases. Still, there remains a vocal segment of the population in opposition to all immunization, some even refusing to get mandated vaccinations for their children. Here, a specialist of internal medicine explores that paradox. Dr. Link explains the immune system and how it works, in addition to the history of vaccine development, and the more than a few types of vaccines including the efficacy and potential toxicity of each. A physician for more than 35 years, Link also spotlights conceivable future vaccines, such as those being developed in the hope of immunizing against HIV.

Appendices to this work spell out current medical recommendations for vaccines, describe the legal issues involved in decisions to vaccinate or not, and give an explanation for the workings of clinical trials where work is done to resolve if a vaccine is effective or not, or has any remarkable side effects. A strong supporter of vaccination programs, Link says that each one people must keep in mind the powers, limitations and risk of immunization.

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