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Contents

• 1Mechanism of function
  • 1.1Vaccination versus inoculation
• 5Routes of administration
• 2Side effects
• 3History
• 4Society and culture
  • 4.1Opposition to vaccination
    • 4.1.1Vaccination-autism controversy
    • 4.1.2Ingredients causing controversy
      • 4.1.2.1Aluminum
      • 4.1.2.2Mercury
• 6Global trends in vaccination
  • 6.1United States
• 7Economics of vaccination
  • 7.1Costs and benefits
• 8See also
• 9References
• 10Further reading
• 11External links

Safety

Just like any medication or procedure, no vaccine can be 100% safe or effective for everyone because each person's body can react differently. While minor side effects, such as soreness or low grade fever, are relatively common, serious side effects are very rare and occur in about 1 out of every 100,000 vaccinations and typically involve allergic reactions that can cause hives or difficulty breathing. However, vaccines are the safest they ever have been in history and each vaccine undergoes rigorous clinical trials to ensure their safety and efficacy before FDA approval. Prior to

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has compiled a list of vaccines and their possible side effects. Allegations of vaccine injuries in recent decades have appeared in litigation in the U.S. Some families have won substantial awards from sympathetic juries, even though most public health officials have said that the claims of injuries were unfounded. In response, several vaccine makers stopped production, which the US government believed could be a threat to public health, so laws were passed to shield manufacturers from liabilities stemming from vaccine injury claims. The safety and side effects of multiple vaccines have been tested in order to uphold the viability of vaccines as a barrier against disease. The Influenza vaccine was tested in controlled trials and proven to have negligible side effects equal to that of a placebo. Some concerns from families might have arisen from social beliefs and norms that cause them to mistrust or refuse vaccinations, contributing to this discrepancy in side effects that were unfounded.