Vaccines are a pillar of good public health. We saw that sentiment play out as the world dealt with COVID-19 — there was an eagerness for a rollout of safe and effective vaccines to help get the pandemic under control.
And with good reason — vaccines save millions of lives each year from deadly diseases caused by viruses or bacteria.
“Diseases such as smallpox and polio that were killers a century or two ago are now barely blips in our conscience,” notes pulmonologist Daniel Culver, DO.
They’re crucial to fighting infectious diseases — yet there’s still a lot of misinformation floating around about vaccines.
To help clear up any confusion, Dr. Culver explains what you should know about how vaccines are developed and how they work.