Vaccines & Immunizations

Are you up-to-date on your vaccines?

Vaccines lower your chance of getting sick by working with your body’s natural defenses to lower the chances of getting certain diseases as well as suffering complications from these diseases.

Saco River Medical Group makes getting vaccinated easy.

Immunizations

Confused about what immunizations you are due for? Click the links below for guidance.

Have more questions for your provider?

Call us and schedule an appointment. Your PCP will help you make the right decisions based on your healthcare needs.

Saco River Medical Group offers counseling on what vaccines you may need prior to travel or you can find out more at:  https://www.cdc.gov/travel.

Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccination

For more information on the COVID-19 vaccine, click here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html

Immunizations Myths and Facts

Questions about vaccines?

  • Do you need your COVID vaccine?
  • Is it important for me to have a Booster?
  • Do you have concerns or questions about the vaccine?
  • Are you traveling overseas?
  • Is your family growing?
  • How to protect my new baby?
  • How old is too old for vaccines?

If I get the disease, It's like naturally getting vaccinated, so it's not a big deal

Vaccination is a safer and more dependable way to build immunity. Natural immunity to a disease can weaken over time. How quickly or slowly this happens depends on the disease.

Vaccines contain many harmful ingredients.

Vaccines contain ingredients that allow the product to be safely administered. Any substance can be harmful in significantly high doses, even water Vaccines contain ingredients at a dose that is even lower than the dose we are naturally exposed to in our environment

Vaccines can cause Autism in children

Science has not yet determined the cause of autism. The diagnosis of Autism is made during the same age range that children are receiving their routine immunizations. The 1998 study that raised concerns about a possible link between measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism was retracted by the journal that published it because it was significantly flawed by bad science. There is no evidence to link vaccines as the cause of autism.

Not getting vaccinated is ok because enough people have gotten vaccinated

Herd immunity occurs when a large portion of a community is immunized against a contagious disease, reducing the chance of an outbreak. Infants, pregnant women and immunocompromised people who cannot receive vaccines depend on this type of protection. However, if enough people rely on herd immunity as the method of preventing infection from vaccine-preventable diseases, herd immunity will soon disappear.