Vaccines save lives. In fact, they save millions of lives each year and prevent diseases such as polio, measles and mumps from making a dangerous comeback. Yet childhood immunizations continue to be avoided by many people around the world for fear that they overwhelm the immune system, cause autism and contain dangerous preservatives.

Community members are invited to join in a lively and informal discussion, “Vaccines: Truths and Myths,” to help sort the facts from fiction with leading experts from McMaste’s Immunology Research Centre and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research.

When: Monday, April 29, 7-9 p.m.

Where: Royal Botanical Gardens.

Invited Speakers:

DAWN BOWDISH, assistant professor, Pathology and Molecular Medicine

DAVID EARN, professor, Mathematics and Statistics

FIONA SMAILL, professor and chair, Pathology and Molecular Medicine

Moderator: KEN ROSENTHAL, professor, Pathology and Molecular Medicine

RSVP to hickey@mcmaster.ca by Thursday, April 25.

This free event is sponsored by the CIHR Human Immunology Network, the McMaster Immunology Research Centre and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research.