These days many people believe that vaccines cause autism in children. Besides having had every vaccine available as a child and more as an adult for travels to other countries, I know next to nothing about the subject and have little of merit to contribute. What I do know is that a friend of ours recently moved to a foreign country where there is typhoid fever, for which there is a vaccine but it's optional. She decided against getting it. A month after she arrived she contracted the disease. Four months later she died. She was 45. So all I know for sure is that vaccines do save lives and not getting one in a disease-ridden environment may result in death. Still, the battle rages on, with celebrities like Jim Carrey, Kirstie Alley and Bill Maher tweeting their opinions online. Just to be safe, I'm staying away from Twitter.
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