VACCINE SAFETY - BYUradio

VACCINE SAFETYThe Matt Townsend Show • Season 4, Episode 20, Segment 1

Feb 10, 2015 • 1m

Matt looks into vaccinations with a variety of guests. Many people have safety concerns, particuarly with lower-importance vaccines like annual flu shots. The issue gets much dicer, and much more dangerous, when it involves choosing to not vaccinate a child against life-threatening diseases. Matt

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talks with Dr. Paul SavageFeb 10, 20152h 5m, a professor of chemistry at BYU about shot safety. Savage says he considers all vaccines safe, personally. He says modern research is cutting down on the number of times a child needs to be injected to capture the fully battery immunizations they need. He sees no coorolation between vaccine preservatives and autism. Savage says the myth comes from an academic paper that was not only retracted, but one that was fully debunked. He says the true side-effects of vaccines are well published, but those small risks come nowhere close to the risks associated with contracting measles or whooping cough.

, a professor of chemistry at BYU about shot safety. Savage says he considers all vaccines safe, personally. He says modern research is cutting down on the number of times a child needs to be injected to capture the fully battery immunizations they need. He sees no coorolation between vaccine preservatives and autism. Savage says the myth comes from an academic paper that was not only retracted, but one that was fully debunked. He says the true side-effects of vaccines are well published, but those small risks come nowhere close to the risks associated with contracting measles or whooping cough.