Immunization and Flu Shots for Kids & Adults

Overwhelming majority of health professionals, medical researchers, and professional medical organizations recommend immunization. Immunization is important to protect yourself and to protect those around you. Vaccines are the best way we have to prevent infectious disease. 

• Vaccinations can prevent from getting diseases for which there are at times no medical treatments. These illnesses can result in serious complications and even death

• Some people may be susceptible to diseases, such as those with impaired immune systems. For this group of people, vaccinations may not be an option, or they may not develop immunity even after having been vaccinated. Their only protection against certain diseases is for others to get vaccinated so the spread of infection decreases

• Immunizations overall cost less than getting treated for the diseases that the shots protect you from

• If exposure to a disease occurs in a community, there is little to no risk of an epidemic if people have been immunized

Improved sanitation, hygiene, and other living conditions have created a generally healthier environment and have overall reduced the risks for disease exposure and infection.  But the dramatic and long-term decrease of diseases is primarily a result of widespread immunizations throughout.