Summary: Worried about the safety of vaccines? Learn why immunizations for your children are so essential.Today, most children in the United States lead much healthier lives than those of generations ago; and parents live with much less anxiety and worry over deadly infections. Immunization is just one of the many success stories of modern medicine. Measles, mumps, and rubella are serious diseases. Most children who get their MMR shots will not get these diseases... and many more children would get them if vaccinations ceased. Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson, aka "Mama Doc," shares the real story on vaccines, as well as the issues and worries parents can have when immunizing their children.
