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No, there are many misconceptions about vaccines and what they do and do not do. Vaccines introduce children to microorganisms so that they can gain immunity against what the vaccine has in it. Some vaccines are only needed to be administered once because they provide lifelong immunity, your child's immune system will recognize the infection if they get the same microorganism that they were vaccinated against. This reduces the length that they're sick, or prevents them from getting sick completely.

In the news there's many questions about whether or not vaccines cause autism, and so far all the studies show that they don't. And likewise few vaccines for children carry Mercury in them, and even then the ones that do are in such a low dose that it doesn't cause concern, you get more mercury from your diet than you would from a vaccine.

If you still have a concern whether or not your child should be vaccinated talk to your pediatrician unless your child has a severe illness they should be fine and you can adjust the times they receive the vaccine if you're really worried.

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