Vaccines - Are They Safe?

Science Vs

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Education, Science, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 12.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Autism, seizures, and overloaded immune systems. Could these really be side effects of vaccines? This week, we dive into the science to find out how safe vaccines really are. We also talk to public health researchers Prof. Dan Salmon and Prof. Amy Kalkbrenner and neurologist Prof. Ingrid Scheffer. Check out our full transcript: http://bit.ly/2PrqtX3 Our Sponsors:Cole Haan | Google Cloud, Maker of GSuite | Ziprecruiter | WPEngine Credits: This episode has been produced by Heather Rogers, Wendy Zukerman, and Shruti Ravindran. Production help from Rose Rimler. Our senior producer is Kaitlyn Sawrey. We’re edited this week by Blythe Terrell and Annie-Rose Strasser. Fact checking by Michelle Harris, with help from Rose Rimler. Sound design by Martin Peralta. Music written by Bobby Lord. For this episode we also spoke with Dr. Saad Omer, Dr. Neal Halsey, Dr. Paul Offit, Dr. Frank DeStefano, and Prof. Alison Buttenheim. And an extra thanks to Bonnie Stanway,Ivona Stamatoska, Reese and Walter Ludwig, the Zukerman Family, Joseph Lavelle Wilson and - of course! - Leo Rogers. Selected References:The National Academies (aka Institute of Medicine) report on vaccine safety A report on the genetic underpinnings of epilepsyThis study looked for neurologic disorders after the MMR shot in half a million kids This one looked at all children born in Denmark between 1991 and 1998 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Versus.
0:03.6	On today's show, Vaccines.
0:06.2	This is the show that pits facts against tickling.
0:12.1	Ah!
0:13.9	And that's Heather Rogers, our reporter and her little kiddo, Leo.
0:19.7	We're sharing a microphone. Is that okay or should I?
0:22.4	Yeah, she's talking to you. Oh, my God.
0:24.7	He is four years old now.
0:27.5	Oh, my God.
0:29.1	He has his beautiful big eyes and he likes stories.
0:34.0	Gays, toys, funny stories, spooky stories.
0:37.1	And he likes to snuggle in the morning.
0:39.0	I do.
0:40.1	So, has Leo gotten vaccinated?
0:42.2	He's got some of his vaccines, not all of them.
0:44.8	Back when Leo was little, some people in Heather's family
0:48.4	had brought up questions about vaccines.
0:51.2	And around the same time, she'd heard from some friends
0:54.2	that they weren't getting their vaccines
0:56.0	exactly as their pediatrician told them to.
0:59.6	I knew some parents who had spaced them out
1:02.2	and who said, like, no, I don't want to give my baby vaccines
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