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Whom should you trust for advice about vac­cines? Your fam­i­ly doc­tor? Or that guy who sells over­priced herbal sup­ple­ments over the Inter­net? This fas­ci­nat­ing book explains why vac­ci­na­tion is still the main­stay of pub­lic health. It explains what germs are, which ones are dan­ger­ous, and how you can pro­tect your­self and your fam­i­ly against them. Thanks to vac­ci­na­tion, many dis­eases that were com­mon caus­es of blind­ness, deaf­ness, paral­y­sis, or death at the turn of the 20th cen­tu­ry are rare in many coun­tries today. Some of these dis­eases are caused by germs that only infect human beings. Once we dri­ve those dis­eases into extinc­tion through vac­ci­na­tion, we will nev­er have to vac­ci­nate any­one else against them!