However, I too would take the vaccination over these diseases, any of them. Polio, measles, mumps, chicken pox, whooping cough, all gone now though most children mid-century contracted all but polio and whooping cough.
As a child in the early 1950's fifties, our family was very fearful of us contacting polio. In the summer in the Boston area we were prohibited from going to the beach, amusement parks or even having fun under the sprinkler. Until the first Salk vaccine was developed, the fear of contacting the disease stopped many of us from having a carefree childhood. I first saw the results of polio up close when I went to college and there were several young men my age in wheelchairs or crutches in my dorm. Just a year or two later the fear was gone.
Yes, vaccines should be improved but our chances of getting sick from one of the diseases, especially those with long-term health effects, are now mostly nonexistent.
The first three vaccines were pulled. You cant get them. The hep B used to be for healthcare workers only.
It is very dangereous and not needed unless the mother is postive.
--ditto--one of my boyhood acquainences died of polio in 1950---the present generation doesn't apparently know of or appreciate the relief polio vaccine, for example, gave to parents---