Dr. Paul Offit: Although Vaccines Are Not Absolutely Safe, the Benefits Clearly and Definitively Outweigh the Risks

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OFFITT: "A choice not to get a vaccine is not a risk-free choice. It‘s a choice to take a different, and I would argue, in the current climate, more serious risk. It‘s okay to be skeptical about vaccines. I think you should be skeptical about anything you put into your body or your child‘s body. But often there are answers to the concerns people have, and so you try and explain those answers compassionately, passionately and humbly, because we don‘t know everything. But on the other hand, I think people need to realize that vaccines are very well-tested. And although they‘re not absolutely safe, certainly the benefits clearly and definitively outweigh the risks."