Are vaccines safe? Why should we get our children vaccinated? How do vaccines work? These are some of the most common questions that plague parents nowadays, especially of newborns. The short answer is yes: vaccines are safe and children should definitely be vaccinated. Vaccine is a miracle of modern medicine. Vaccines have been considered to be the most effective among medical procedures for the last 50 years. They have saved more lives worldwide than any other medical device. Vaccination is a tested and proven strategy and it is so simple that it has been in practice for centuries for prevention of epidemics.

Let’s travel back in time to explore the history of vaccination. It was in ancient Greece where vaccines were observed to work effectively for the first time. In 429 BC, many people in Athens were affected by several consecutive outbreaks of smallpox.