Vaccinations are a part of human existence, but whether they're beneficial or harmful to us is still a raging debate. Readers will have to consider this issue for themselves, and this volume treats them a fully balanced look through essays that debate several of the issues relating to vaccination. Full-color photographs, charts, graphs, and illustrations make complicated details very approachable. Essay debates include whether there is a link between vaccinations and autism, whether flu vaccines even work, the role of parents, and whether the flu vaccine should be mandatory for health workers. Readers will evaluate whether getting the H1N1 vaccine should be a personal decision, and whether more resources need to be invested in developing AIDS vaccines.