Statistical Risk of Suffering a Severe Case of Vaccine-Preventable Disease | The S File ? -- Health
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The risk of a reaction from a single vaccine seems to be about 1 in 100,000. The risk that any one child will suffer a severe reaction over the entire twelve-year vaccine schedule is about 1 in 2600.
The risk of any one person suffering a severe case of a vaccine-preventable disease each year in our entire population is about 1 in 1500.
The risk of a child having a severe case of a vaccine-preventable disease is about 1 in 600 each year for all childhood diseases grouped together. This risk varies widely depending on the disease. Some disease risks are close to 0. Infant diseases are more risky than childhood ones.
We don?t know the exact number of serious vaccine reactions, as many are likely to go unreported or are not recognized. We also don?t know how to factor in possible long-term, hidden effects of vaccines. If we someday can learn these numbers, the known vaccine risk may increase.
So we come back to our original question: Are vaccines safe? Yes. Do they have severe side effects? yes. Are these severe side effects common? Not very. Is vaccinating to protect against all these diseases worth the risk of side effects? That?s the million-dollar question.
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Your chances of contracting a secondary disease of infection from hospitalizations or even from visits to busy doctor's offices and clinics are pretty good -- less than 1:300? if you count common colds, etc ... Safest thing is to go live in a cave in sackcloth
