our lives are linked as never before connected in a thousand unseen ways but sometimes these connections can pose an invisible threat you don't have to cough you just have to breathe it's the worst kind of contagion it's airborne all diseases are returning as nervous parents skip or delay their children's shots Brooklyn break begins it's like telling me look we found smallpox no one sees measles who sees measles this is New York 58 are infected including two pregnant women one of whom miscarries all were unvaccinated at the time of infection if we didn't have the high
vaccination levels in New York City we would have had hundreds if not thousands of cases and you know as doctors your job is to try and save children's lives and when you stand helplessly by and watch them die it gets to you more than 90 of Americans vaccinate but in some areas pockets of low vaccination form often fueled by mistrust and fear alarming story spread this beautiful girl is my daughter Jody she's 16. and 88 and through Wakefield claimed a link between Autism and MMR the measles mumps and rubella vaccine when I read that I
was taken aback we have to look at this eventually that study was shown to be fraudulent and it was withdrawn who research is revealing the genetic causes of autism and that it begins in the womb we don't know everything that causes autism but all of the genetics is pointing to fetal origin whether vaccines May autism so much evidence none of which shows any link between vaccines and autism that you have to say enough in a time where misinformation can spread so rapidly it can be difficult to sort fact from fiction nobody is willing to really
have a conversation with you and discuss what's a severe reaction is it okay to have a seizure I don't know who to ask there's no such thing as an unbiased Source we ask them to trust that we are recommending the best thing for their children it's a big deal if the number of vaccinated people decreases just a small percentage it can lead to an outbreak at this critical moment Nova investigates the science of vaccines how do they protect us from disease the less the disease exists my circle or the next the safer I am what
are the real risks of vaccinating it's a balancing act the risks happen to be minuscule the benefits are enormous what are the consequences of opting out if you start to decrease vaccine immunization rates you start to see the diseases re-emerge on the front lines of medicine what can be done to prevent more outbreaks it's not about saying oh my gosh I'm afraid and now that's the end of the conversation no that's just the start of the conversation vaccines calling the shots on Nova
