Featured In: The Coalville Times, Friday, 27th May, 2022

HEALTH MATTERS WITH DR HANNA ROBBINS

Vaccinations

Vaccines do:

• Protect you and your child from serious diseases
• Protect you and your child from fatal diseases
• Protect the people around you
• Get tested again and again for safety
• Sometimes cause a sore arm, a fever, and a short spell of feeling unwell

Vaccines don't:

• Cause autism
• Weaken the immune system
• Cause allergies
• Contain mercury
• Contain harmful ingredients

Why are vaccines important

If we stop having vaccines, it doesn’t take long for diseases to quickly spread again. Measles and mumps have doubled in the last few years, even though the vaccine is safe and works well. This is serious as measles can cause serious illness like meningitis, and mumps can cause hearing loss.

What can we do?

Vaccination is the single most important thing we can do to protect ourselves and our children against illness. They prevent around 3 million deaths around the world each year. Vaccines have led to some diseases being wiped out in the UK. If we choose to have our vaccinations, we protect ourselves and our families.

Did you know:

• The covid vaccination is safe in pregnancy
• If you can get fully vaccinated before pregnancy, the covid vaccine protects you and your baby
• Even if you are already pregnant, the covid vaccine is safe and protects you and your baby