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In the past 60 years , vaccines helped eradicate one disease ( smallpox ) and are close to eradicating another ( polio ). ^{[ 1 ]}

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Vaccines prevent more than 2.5 million deaths each year . ^{[ 2 ]}

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Scientific studies and reviews continue to show no relationship between vaccines and autism . ^{[ 3 ]}

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New and underutilized vaccines could avert nearly 4 million deaths by 2015 . ^{[ 4 ]}

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Vaccines cause “ herd immunity ,” which means if the majority of people in a community have been vaccinated against a disease , an unvaccinated person is less likely to get sick because others are less likely to get sick and spread the disease . ^{[ 5 ]}

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Vaccines helped reduce measles deaths globally by 78 % between 2000 and 2008 . In sub- Saharan Africa , deaths dropped by 92 % in the same period . ^{[ 6 ]}

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There are existing vaccines that could stop rotavirus and pneumonia — two conditions that kill nearly 3 million children under the age of five every year . ^{[ 7 ]}

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The CDC has reported a 99 % reduction in the incidence of bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae since the introduction of the vaccination against the disease in 1988 . ^{[ 8 ]}

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Researchers estimate that a viable malaria vaccine could be ready for children in the developing world as early as 2015 . ^{[ 9 ]}

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Not all vaccines are given as shots . Some vaccines are given orally . ^{[ 10 ]}

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Most diseases prevented by vaccines are no longer common in the United States . If vaccines weren ’ t used , just a few cases could quickly turn into tens or hundreds of thousands . ^{[ 11 ]}

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2 . " No vaccine for the scaremongers ." WHO . http :// www . who . int / bulletin / volumes / 86 / 6 / 08-030608 / en / ( accessed August 1 , 2014 ).

3 . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . " Infant Immunizations FAQs ." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . http :// www . cdc . gov / vaccines / parents / parent-questions . html ( accessed July 31 , 2014 ).

4 . " Why Childhood Vaccines ? ONE ' s Vaccine Policy Pitch ." ONE . http :// www . one . org / us / policy / whychildhood-vaccines-ones-vaccine-policy-pitch / ( accessed August 1 , 2014 ).

5 . " Community Immunity (" Herd Immunity ")." Home . http :// www . vaccines . gov / basics / protection / ( accessed August 1 , 2014 ).

6 . " Measles & Rubella Initiative ." United Nations Foundation . http :// www . unfoundation . org / what-we-do / campaigns-and-initiatives / measlesinitiative / ( accessed August 1 , 2014 ).

7 . " IMMUNIZATION FACTS AND FIGURES April 2013 ." unicef . http :// www . unicef . org / immunization / files / UNICEF _ Key _ facts _ and _ figures _ on _ Immunization _ April _ 2013 ( 1 ). pdf ( accessed August 1 , 2014 ).

8 . CDC . " Haemophilus b conjugate vaccines for prevention of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease among infants and children two months of age and older : recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ( ACIP )." MMWR 1991 ; 40 ( No . RR-1 ): 1 – 7 .

9 . " No vaccine for the scaremongers ." WHO . http :// www . who . int / bulletin / volumes / 86 / 6 / 08-030608 / en / ( accessed August 1 , 2014 ).

10 . " Typhoid Vaccines ." CDC . http :// www . cdc . gov / vaccines / hcp / vis / vis-statements / typhoid . pdf ( accessed August 1 , 2014 ).

11 . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . " Infant Immunizations FAQs ." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . http :// www . cdc . gov / vaccines / parents / parent-questions . html ( accessed July 31 , 2014 ).

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