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Are there advantages to vaccinations?
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Um, not dying: Of course! vaccines help prevent getting infected will illness that can serious harm you or kill you. Think of it this way... A child born in 2011 has a risk of death by age 5 is one in several thousand. A child born in 1911 had a risk of death by 5 of 1 in 5! yes 20% chance. Much of that difference is due to decrease in vaccine preventable diseases.
Answered 10/25/2016
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Yes: Small pox was eradicated due to vaccine, it is vital to prevent polio, diptheria, pertussis in babies and pneumonia after 65 yrs of age.
Answered 9/28/2016
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