Go To Health With Frances Cook

In this summer podcast series, each week the New Zealand Herald and Newstalk ZB's Go to Health podcast will look at a different health issue. Today, it's the facts about vaccines, and why they're a medical miracle. Hosted by Frances Cook.Personal choice is a beautiful thing. You should have the freedom to live the life that makes you happiest, even if it seems strange to other people.But only if you're not hurting anyone else.This is exactly the problem with the so-called 'Vaccination Debate'.I'm a fan of vaccines because I'm a fan of facts. And the facts show vaccines are a safe and proven way to stop people suffering and dying from preventable diseases.Even then, I wouldn't care about people leaving themselves open to these diseases if it was only about them. But there are people who can't be vaccinated, like the very young, very old, or people who have allergies.If one of these people catches a disease like mumps, it's serious. Mumps leads to meningitis in one in ten cases.Or maybe measles. There's been se