India, Aug. 21 -- Vaccines are among the most important breakthroughs of modern medicine that have significantly improved public health by preventing severe illnesses and reducing complications, hospitalisations, and mortality. Especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, the utility of vaccines has become ever more obvious to people across the globe.

However, misinformation and myths still cause some individuals to be reluctant to get vaccinated. In an interaction with HT Lifestyle, physician Dr Amit Prakash Singh debunks six such myths, in the hope that knowing the facts would help people make the right decisions.

Fact: The majority of vaccines do not result in the disease they are intended to prevent, assured the physician. Some vaccines ...