Vaccination safety — no question about it
After we noticed the safety of vaccines here in the U.S. being called into question, we wanted to let YOU know the facts: not only is the quality and integrity of your vaccines held to the highest standards, but every year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention goes to great lengths to provide an easy-to-follow, appropriate vaccine schedule that’s as safe as possible for children, adolescents and adults.
Perhaps you weren’t aware that you’re also the beneficiary of a robust National Vaccine Plan that’s administered by the office of the secretary of health from Health and Human Services. That has helped greatly to improve vaccine safety over the past three decades.
Getting a Vaccine Approved
It all starts with the Food and Drug Administration. No vaccine can be administered unless it’s approved by the FDA. That means it goes through extensive and expensive phase I, II and III clinical trials.
Then the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, chaired by the director of the CDC, weighs in. The ACIPis an advisory panel made up of 15 voting members (mostly M.D.s), eight ex officio members and 29 liaison organizations.