Geez, this is insane. I don't even want to touch the horribly misinformed swine flu thing.
As for vaccines, OF COURSE they're not perfect! Nothing is! But if you would take the time to do the most basic of researches, you'd see that the alternative is much worse.
Let's take the MMR shot for an example. It vaccinates against Measles, Mumps and Rubella.
Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease which combines all the worst parts of influenza with a full body rash, and sometimes seizures. A good 5 percent of children who get it also get pneumonia, which is pretty dangerous, and other secondary infections like ear infections are even more common. About 2 in 1000 children die from the measles itself, while children under 5 and adults over 20 are more likely to suffer complications and death from the secondary infections.
Mumps is not quite so contagious as Measles, but it is still airborne. It also has symptoms similar to a bad influenza infection along with swelling of the salivary glands, and if you've ever seen a picture of a person with mumps, the swelling can be pretty extreme. It generally isn't fatal, but it tends to be worse if you get it after puberty. In that case, you can get swelling of the testicles or of the ovaries, which can cause sterility in men. It can cause encephalitis, which is a swelling of the brain and that can lead to brain damage or death. It can also cause temporary or permanent deafness.
Rubella (German Measles), is airborne and has symptoms similar to the measles except in this case the rash starts at the face and travels downward, clearing up after a few days so that the rash rarely manages to cover all of the body at the same time. Rubella used to occur in epidemics every few years, though thanks to vaccines, that is no longer the case. For the most part, Rubella isn't as bad as the other two, but if a pregnant woman gets it, the baby is a high risk for some very severe developmental problems including retardation, deafness, malformation of various organs and other problems.
So, these diseases have some pretty horrible side effects that can be permanent and can include death. What about the vaccine for them? Well, some children, only a few percent, can get a mild form of measles or mumps, these include some rash and some salivary glad swelling. So, it's no picnic. But the symptoms last less than half as long as the full disease and have a very far fewer complications. I can't find any reports of anyone dying from the reduced disease. Very rarely, about 1/1000, there will be seizures similar to what one may get from actually getting measles. However, that is less often than you get them with the real disease and also note that it is half as often as death occurring from full measles.
There is also the risk of allergic reactions. All vaccines can induce an allergic reaction, but these occur immediately after injection and so are watched for and can be dealt with. They are also extremely rare so it may be frightening to see or hear of it happening, but the risk of death or serious permanent complications from actually getting the disease is much worse.
I have personally had a bad experience with vaccines, and I will share it with you. When I got my last tetanus booster, I ended up getting stiff, painful muscles for a few days, similar to what you get from actual tetanus only not as severe by a long shot. But once that was over, I had 10 years to not worry about getting sick with that disease. Now, the doctor did advise me that while reactions like that are very rare, any reaction you do have tends to worsen with each injection. So, now my decision is do I want another booster? Tetanus is not transmitted from person to person, so unlike most diseases, I will risk myself and only myself by not getting the shot. It's also bacterial in nature so that it can be treated with antibiotics if I do get it. It's still a risk though, getting the treatment is much more expensive than the shot and still has a higher risk of complications so I will likely get the shot next year if I continue to work with animals.