Do vaccines make us healthier? It’s something every one of us should want to know, no matter where we stand on the vaccine debate. Shockingly, our national health agencies never tried to find out. Sure, we all know that vaccines trigger our immune systems to produce antibodies, suppress symptoms of short-term often mild diseases, and they may or may not prevention infection or transmission of illness to others. But do they make us healthier in the long-run? View here.